Johannes von Lambsheim

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Johannes von Lambsheim, title page Libelli tres perutiles (author's name in red, under the picture of Mary)
Incunable page from De fraternitate rosarii (1495), letter from Johannes Oudewater to Johannes von Lambsheim

Johannes von Lambsheim (* around 1450 in Lambsheim , Pfalz ; † around 1500 ) was a Catholic priest, Augustinian canon , scholar and spiritual writer in Worms .

Historical background

The Cistercian convent Kirschgarten , first mentioned in a document in 1235, was located in front of the Speyer gate of the city of Worms and was almost extinct by 1430. The Worms Bishop Friedrich von Domeneck and Elector Ludwig IV. (Palatinate) turned to the Windesheim Reform Congregation of the Augustinian Canons about a new settlement . This sent regular canons from the Böddeken monastery , who moved there in 1443, reformed the monastery and quickly made it a local center of church renewal. During the Peasant War in 1525, the convent was destroyed by insurgents and went under. No structural remains have been preserved.

Live and act

Johannes von Lambsheim, also Johannes de Lambsheim or von or de Lamsheim , came from the place Lambsheim near Frankenthal (Pfalz) , after which he named himself.

Around 1470 he entered the Augustinian monastery in Kirschgarten, southwest of Worms. In 1472 he was first mentioned there as a novice , and in 1474 he gave the monastery a donation from his grandmother. Later he was there economist and in 1496/97 also prior of the Kirschgarten branch convent Höningen .

Johannes von Lambsheim was a fruitful religious writer who wrote several works, some of which have survived today in rare incunable volumes. He was friends with the Heidelberg printer Heinrich Knoblochtzer , in whose office he also worked as a proofreader . He also had a friendship with the abbot Johannes Trithemius , who in the Catalogus Illustrium (page 180) calls him a diligent scholar who is well versed in the Holy Scriptures and wrote about him: “This Johann, procurator of the monastery, should actually deal with earthly affairs remain spared in order to be able to devote oneself to the sciences all the more undivided. "

Nothing is known about the time or place of death of the canon; in 1497 he was still serving as prior in the monastery of Höningen.

Of particular importance is his work De fraternitate rosarii , published in Leipzig , by Konrad Kachelofen , 1494 and in Mainz by Peter von Friedberg , 1495; a study and textbook on the rosary, which was newly emerging at the time, and its community. A letter from the Marian theologian Johannes Oudewater (1433–1507; here called Johannes de Aqua veteri ) to Johannes von Lambsheim is also printed in the book .

Johannes Heydekyn von Sonsbeck was a contemporary author who also worked in the Kirschgarten Monastery.

Works (selection)

  • Libelli tres perutiles. Heidelberg around 1485; Digitized
  • Libellus perutilis de fraternitate sanctissima et Rosario beate marie virginis. Leipzig 1494, Mainz 1495; Digitized
  • Arra aeternae salutis. Peter Drach , Speyer 1495; Digitized
  • Speculum officii missae expositorium. Heinrich Knoblochtzer, Heidelberg 1495; Digitized
  • Speculum conscientiae et novissimorum. Speyer 1496; Digitized

literature

  • Joachim Kemper: Monastery reforms in the diocese of Worms in the late Middle Ages (= sources and treatises on the Middle Rhine church history. Vol. 115). Society for Middle Rhine Church History, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-929135-49-3 , p. 236 (also: Mainz, University, dissertation, 2003/2004), online (PDF; 2.63 MB) .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the Kirschgarten Monastery in Worms
  2. ↑ Joachim Kemper: Monastery reforms in the diocese of Worms in the late Middle Ages, page 236 and pages 340–342.
  3. ↑ History sheets for the Middle Rhine bishoprics , 1st year, No. 3, April 1, 1884; Digitized
  4. ↑ Ernst Kelchner:  Friedberg, Peter from . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 388.
  5. ^ Franz Stanonik :  Oudewater, Johannes von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 780.
  6. ↑ Digital scan of the letter imprint
personal data
SURNAME Lambsheim, Johannes von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lamsheim, Johannes von; Lambsheim, Johannes de; Lamsheim, Johannes de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Augustinian canon and spiritual writer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1450
PLACE OF BIRTH Lambsheim
DATE OF DEATH around 1500