Johannes of Hildesheim

Johannes von Hildesheim (* between 1310 and 1320 in Hildesheim ; † May 5, 1375 in Marienau near Hameln ) was a Carmelite and prior of the Marienau monastery near Hameln.

Life

After studying in Avignon , where he met Peter Thomas , and Paris , Johannes von Hildesheim worked in Strasbourg , from 1358 he was prior of the Carmelite monastery in Kassel , then prior to his death in the Marienau monastery near Hameln.

He wrote philosophical, theological and poetic writings, including 1364 the "Historia trium regum", the story of the three (holy) kings , a main strand of the legend of the three kings . The font was probably commissioned by the Cologne canon Florence von Wevelinghoven (appointed Bishop of Münster in 1364 ), possibly on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the transfer of the Three Kings relics from Milan to Cologne in 1164 by Archbishop Rainald von Dassel (1159–1167) 1370.

Works

Historia beatissimorum trium regum . [Cologne]: [Johannes Guldenschaff], [around 1477] ( digitized version )
Historia gloriosissimor [um] triu [m] regum integra , syncera et pre multis mundi historijs lectu iucundissima, triplice [m] q [ue] ac plane miraculosam eorunde [m] translat [i] o [n] em veluti in choro maioris eccl [es] ie Colonie [n] sis s [u] p [er] est habita cu [m] admira [n] dis orie [n] taliu [m] gentiu [m] reru [m] q [ue] nobis ignotaru [m] antiquitatibus p [ro] pulcher veroq [ue] verius co [m] plectens, with contributions by Albertus Magnus , Aurelius Augustinus , Ortwin Gratius , Hermann von Neuenahr , Sebastian Brant , Cologne: Heinrich Quentell Erben 1514 ( digitized version of the Bavarian State Library Munich, accessed on March 6, 2012)
The legend of the three kings. Transmission and afterword by Elisabeth Christern. Bachem, Cologne 1960. Paperback edition: Dt. Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1963.
The legend of the Three Kings by Johann von Hildesheim. From a manuscript given by Goethe and a German in the Heidelberg library, edited by Gustav Schwab [Stuttgart 1822]. Newly published by Wilhelm Rath. 2nd edition Orient-Occident-Verlag, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-922551-01-7 .

literature

Max Behland: The three kings legend of Johannes von Hildesheim. Investigations into the Lower Rhine translation of the Trier manuscript 1183 485, with text edition and complete list of word forms . W. Fink, Munich 1968 (also dissertation, University of Gießen).

Helmut von Jan: Johannes von Hildesheim. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 554 ( digitized version ).

Wilhelm Crecelius: Johannes von Hildesheim (1. Art.) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 458.

Friedrich Philippi: Johannes von Hildesheim (2. Art.) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 50, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1905, p. 686.

Web links

Literature by and about Johannes von Hildesheim in the catalog of the German National Library

Iohannes Hildesheimensis in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"

Entries for the manuscripts of the historia trium regum in the manuscript census

Information on the copy of the Cologne Cathedral Library (cod. 169)

Article about a manuscript from the historia trium regum in Goethe's private library

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Afterword by Günter E. Th. Bezzenberger, in: Johannes von Hildesheim: The legend of the Three Kings. Facsimile edition of the German adaptation by Karl Simrock from 1842, Omega Verlag, Kassel 1979, ISBN 3-88556-000-3 .
↑ Bezzenberger, p. 69 ff .: “Pastor Johannes Letzner (died 1613), who lived in Marienau for a number of years, reports that Johannes von Hildesheim was buried in the choir of the monastery church to the right of the founder of the monastery. His tombstone bore the following inscription in Latin. 'The bones rest under this stone, but in heaven is the spiritual body of the venerable Father Johannes von Hildesheim, the restlessly active prior of this convent, died on May 5, 1375' ”.
↑ Bezzenberger, p. 66 f .: “Just as neither the name of the artist nor the year of creation can be found on medieval pictures, so the author of the book of the Three Wise Men gave no reference to his person. However, later evidence clearly shows that the Carmelite Johannes von Hildesheim was the author. […] The oldest reference can be found in an addendum at the end of a manuscript from the 14th century, which is kept in the Hildesheim city archive: “The legend of the Three Kings, which Brother Johannes von Hildesheim of the Order of the Carmelites for the Bishop of Munster wrote. It shone in the year of the Lord 1370. "(with photo)"

personal data
SURNAME	Johannes of Hildesheim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Johannes Hildesheimensis; Johannes de Hildesheim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theologian (Catholic), Carmelite and prior of the Marienau monastery near Hameln
DATE OF BIRTH	between 1310 and 1320
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH	May 5, 1375
Place of death	Marienau near Hameln

[hallo-1] Afterword by Günter E. Th. Bezzenberger, in: Johannes von Hildesheim: The legend of the Three Kings. Facsimile edition of the German adaptation by Karl Simrock from 1842, Omega Verlag, Kassel 1979, ISBN 3-88556-000-3 .

[2] Bezzenberger, p. 69 ff .: “Pastor Johannes Letzner (died 1613), who lived in Marienau for a number of years, reports that Johannes von Hildesheim was buried in the choir of the monastery church to the right of the founder of the monastery. His tombstone bore the following inscription in Latin. 'The bones rest under this stone, but in heaven is the spiritual body of the venerable Father Johannes von Hildesheim, the restlessly active prior of this convent, died on May 5, 1375' ”.

[3] Bezzenberger, p. 66 f .: “Just as neither the name of the artist nor the year of creation can be found on medieval pictures, so the author of the book of the Three Wise Men gave no reference to his person. However, later evidence clearly shows that the Carmelite Johannes von Hildesheim was the author. […] The oldest reference can be found in an addendum at the end of a manuscript from the 14th century, which is kept in the Hildesheim city archive: “The legend of the Three Kings, which Brother Johannes von Hildesheim of the Order of the Carmelites for the Bishop of Munster wrote. It shone in the year of the Lord 1370. "(with photo)"