Kuno from Disibodenberg

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Kuno von Disibodenberg († 1155 was an abbot of) Benedictine - Disibodenberg . His name is mentioned in various sources, especially in connection with Hildegard von Bingen , the first representative of German mysticism in the Middle Ages . In the monastery she was directly subordinate to him. Hildegard had several arguments with Kuno, who accused her of neglecting or making asceticism , one of the principles of monasticism, more difficult.

Individual evidence

  1. Michael Embach: The writings of Hildegard von Bingen: Studies on their transmission in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period. Berlin 2003, p. 241
  2. Harmjan Dam: Church history in religious instruction . Basic knowledge and building blocks. 2013 Göttingen, p. 36
  3. Heike Koschyk: Hildegard von Bingen. A life in light: biography. Berlin 2009