Raymond of Capua
Raimund von Capua (after his place of birth; family name delle Vigne , lat. De Vineis ; * around 1330 in Capua ; † October 5, 1399 in Nuremberg ) was an Italian Dominican and from 1380 until his death general master of that part of the Dominican order that was im Great Western schism of Roman obedience followed. He is particularly significant as a spiritual guide and biographer of St. Catherine of Siena . Pope Leo XIII. beatified him in 1899 .
Life
The surviving biography of Raimund shows some gaps. He came from an influential Capuan family and was the descendant of a brother of Pier delle Vigne . Following the family tradition, Raimund first studied law, probably in Bologna . He entered the Dominican Order in Orvieto , where he made profession after the death of his father Pietro (December 18, 1348) . With that he became a member of the Roman Order Province, to which he belonged all his life. After receiving the higher orders, he was sent to Bologna as a lector , and later perhaps also to Rome. In 1363 he was appointed rector of the Dominican convent in Montepulciano . His first hagiographic attempt was dedicated to the life of Agnes of Montepulciano , whose legend he wrote down and published in 1366 on the basis of written and oral evidence. The following year he was elected prior of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome . He then went to the Santa Maria Novella religious school in Florence as an academic teacher .
In 1374, Raimund was placed at the side of the lay Dominican Katharina in Siena, who made a name for herself through her radical life, her visions and her public ecclesiastical and political statements, as spiritual guide and confessor. Her personality impressed him deeply and had an impact on the rest of his life. She put her passion in the service of overcoming the " Babylonian captivity of the Church ". In 1376 Raimund accompanied her to Avignon , where she met Gregory XI, who lived there . moved to return to Rome, and then to Rome, where both the new Pope Urban VI. encountered. In the turmoil of the occidental schism that followed, when the division also went through the Dominican order, Raimund remained on the side of Urban and later Boniface IX.
Katharina died in 1380, and in the same year Raimund was elected master of the order of the Dominicans. He devoted himself to the difficult task with great zeal and drove, supported and a. by Giovanni Dominici , the reform of the monasteries according to the original standards advanced against much opposition. To this end, he undertook visitation trips through half of Europe. At the same time he promoted the canonization of Catherine and for this purpose wrote the Legenda maior between 1385 and 1395 , the most important source on Katharina's inner and outer life.
Raimund died in 1399 while visiting the Dominican monastery in Nuremberg . He was first buried in the local monastery church. Later his remains were transferred to the Church of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples .
Fonts
- Legenda s. Agnetis de Montepolitiano (1366)
- Depositio super electione Urbani VI (around 1380)
- Officium de Visitatione Beatae Mariae Virginis (1390)
- Legenda s. Catherinae Senensis (1385-1395)
- Expositio cantici Magnificat (lost, around 1378 probably in the possession of the Prague Archbishop Johann von Jenstein )
Adoration
In the Dominican order, Raimund had a reputation for holiness early on. But only on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his death, Pope Leo XIII. ecclesiastical approval for his liturgical veneration.
literature
- Eugenio Dupré Theseider : Raimondo da Capua, beato . In: Enciclopedia Italiana Vol. 29, 1935
- Laura Gaffuri: Raimund von Capua . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 7, LexMA-Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7608-8907-7 , Sp. 414.
- Katherine Walsh , Paolo Bertolini: Della Vigna, Raimondo. In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 37: Della Fratta – Della Volpaia. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1989.
- P. Tylus (ed.), La 'Legenda Maior' de Raymond de Capoue en français ancien (= Textes vernaculaires du moyen age, 15). Turnhout, 2015.
Web links
- Blessed Raymond of Capua (Novitiate of the Dominicans)
- Entry at santiebeati.it
- Publications on Raimund von Capua in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
- Publications on Raymond of Capua in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Elias Raymond |
Master of the Order of the Dominicans 1380 - 1399 |
Tommaso Paccaroni |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Raymond of Capua |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Raimondo delle Vigne; Raimundus De Vineis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian chaplain (Dominican) and master of the order |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1330 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Capua |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1399 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |