Johannes of Winterthur

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Johannes von Winterthur , also called Vitoduranus , (* around 1300 in Winterthur ; † 1348 or 1349 probably in Lindau ) was a German Franciscan and medieval chronicler .

Life

From 1309 Johannes attended a school in Winterthur and around 1317 entered the Order of Minorites, the oldest and smallest branch of the first order of St. Francis , as a novice . In 1328 he was a brother in the convent of Basel and in 1335 in Schaffhausen . In 1340 he settled in the convent in Lindau (Lake Constance) and began working on his Chronicle Chronicon there . The work begins with the pontificate of Pope Innocent III. around 1200 and extends until 1348, the beginning of the rule of Charles IV. The chronicle was planned in two parts, of which only the second part has survived. It is preserved as an autograph in the Zurich Central Library . There is only a few lines of manuscript of the first part. The untitled work, written in Latin , describes, among other things, the events in the southwest German cities and landscapes, northern Switzerland and Austria, the history of the empire, the Morgarten War and the battle between Emperor Ludwig and the papacy in Avignon . The chronicle, of which there are four early modern copies (of the Zurich manuscript), is an important source of cultural history from the 14th century. The records end in 1348. In his order, John was probably close to the spirituals , a group that strictly observed the original Franciscan rule of the order. Johannes died in 1348 or 1349 during the great plague epidemic in the Minorite monastery in Lindau. His name and the stages of his life have only come down to us from the historical work he left behind.

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SURNAME Johannes of Winterthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vitoduranus, Johannes of Vitoduranus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franciscan and chronicler
DATE OF BIRTH around 1300
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterthur
DATE OF DEATH 1348 or 1349
Place of death Lindau