Remigius of Auxerre

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Remigius von Auxerre , Latin: Remigius Autissiodorensis , French: Remi d'Auxerre (* around 841 in Burgundy ; † around 908) was a Benedictine monk , teacher and author of commentaries on the Bible and ancient texts.

Life

Remigius was a student of Heiricus of Auxerre in the Abbey of Saint-Germain d' Auxerre and taught there as his successor. In Reims he reorganized the schools there on behalf of Archbishop Fulco of Reims. After the archbishop's death, he continued his teaching post in Paris . Odo von Cluny was one of his students .

Works

overview

His extensive work deals on the one hand with the works of Latin- speaking antiquity :

  • Comments on works of grammar, especially the ars minor and ars maior by Aelius Donatus ,
  • Comments on ancient literary works, e.g. B. the Commentum in Martianum Capellam ,
  • a commentary on De Consolatione Philosophiae des Boethius ,
  • Excerpts from the work of Valerius Maximus ,

On the other hand, he also wrote writings on Bible exegesis and dogmatics .

Commentum in Martianum Capellam

De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii is a late antique work by Martianus Capella . It contains specialist lectures on the 7 disciplines of the Artes Liberales . In addition, an extensive picture of ancient mythology and philosophy is drawn up in the “frame story”, the marriage of philology and Mercury .

Remigius von Auxerre created a detailed commentary on this document for the school. He used the earlier commentaries by Johannes Scottus Eriugena and the Irish monk Dunchad. But other sources were also used. He quoted numerous ancient writers such as Horace , Marcus Terentius Varro , Cicero and used others such as Pliny without naming their names.

The work is unusually extensive and rich in content. The underlying script of Martianus Capella is already divided into 1000 sections and in Adolfus Dick's edition is 533 pages long with around 20 lines per page. Remigius von Auxerre wrote several explanations for almost every page. These range from short, simple word synonyms to almost page-long explanations. The index, which lists the most important terms discussed and mentioned, such as Greek gods and heroes, geography, constellations, church fathers, etc., comprises around 900 entries.

In the first two books, Martianus Capella describes the couple's environment. Remigius explains the Greek world of gods, Neoplatonic philosophy , oriental mysticism, etc. Only in a few places does he contrast the pagan world with Christian statements. For example, he concludes the philosophical considerations in Book II, 76.14 with:

“Hoc pertinet quod Apostolus dicit: 'Pax Dei, quae exsuperat ommnem sensum' […]”

"What the apostle says applies to this: 'The peace of God, which exceeds all reason' [...]"

The following books each represent an area of Artes Liberales . Book IX on Music sets out several themes from ancient Greek music theory. The author comes to his present. The description of the intervals (Book IX, 496.18 - 497.9) is made clear by choral examples, such as the diatessaron (= fourth ) through the introitus tibia dixit cor meum .

The work has displaced the remaining commentaries on the book of Martianus Capella and assumed a leading position in the Middle Ages.

Text output

  • Cora E. Lutz: Remigii Autissiodorensis Commentum in Martianum Capellam , 2 vols., Leiden 1962-1965.
  • Remigius von Auxerre, Expositio super Genesim, ed. by Burton Name van Edwards (Corpus Christianorum, Continuatio Mediaevalis 136), Turnhout 1999.

literature

  • Michael Baldzuhn:  Remigius of Auxerre. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 1146-1149.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • Maria Laetitia Coletti: Un opera grammaticale di Remigio di Auxerre. Il commento al "De barbarismo" di Donato. In: Studi medievali, Ser. 3, 26: 951-967 (1985).
  • Burton van Name Edwards: The two commentaries on Genesis attributed to Remigius of Auxerre. With a critical edition of Stegmuller 7195. University of Pennsylvania 1990.
  • Lawrence Gushee, Bradley Jon Tucker:  Remigius [Remy] of Auxerre. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  • Roger Harmon:  Remigius of Auxerre. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 13 (Paladilhe - Ribera). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7618-1133-0  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  • Max Manitius : History of Latin Literature in the Middle Ages , Munich 1959
  • E. Ann Mattern: Art. Remigius of Auxerre. In: Medieval France. An Encyclopedia, New York 1995, p. 793.
  • Paolo Paredi: Per le fonti del "Commentum in Matthaeum" dello ps. Remigio d'Auxerre (dal codice di Ivrea LXXVI / 43). In: Aevum 79 (2005), pp. 249-263.
  • Marcello Terzano: Art. Remigius of Auxerre (841-908). In: Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, Chicago 2000, Part 2, p. 1226.
  • William Turner:  Remigius of Auxerre . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 12, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1911.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Max Manitius: History of Latin Literature in the Middle Ages , p. 504 f.
  2. ^ Cora E. Lutz: Remigii Autissiodorensis Commentum in Martianum Capellam , Introduction, p. 11 f.
  3. ↑ Hans Günter Zekl Ed .: Martianus Capella: The marriage of philology with Merkur introduction, Würzburg 2005.
  4. ↑ Max Manitius: History of Latin Literature in the Middle Ages , Volume 1, p. 514.
  5. ^ Cora E. Lutz: Remigii Autissiodorensis Commentum in Martianum Capellam , p. 23.
  6. ^ Cora E. Lutz: Remigii Autissiodorensis Commentum in Martianum Capellam , Index
  7. ↑ Max Manitius: History of Latin Literature in the Middle Ages , Volume 1, p. 514.
personal data
SURNAME Remigius of Auxerre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Remigius Autissiodorensis (Latin); Remi d'Auxerre (French)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Benedictine monk and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH around 841
PLACE OF BIRTH Burgundy
DATE OF DEATH around 908