Richard von Wendover
Richard of Wendover (died 1252 ) was an English doctor and clergyman. He was also identified earlier with the author of the Micrologus Ricardus Anglicus , but according to Faye Getz is not identical with him. The name " Ricardus Anglicus " is also ambiguous, as it is only the Latinized form of Richard from England .
Life
He was a canon of old St Paul's Cathedral and had several benefices in the London area. For example, in 1239 he was given a mansion in Sandon, Essex.
It is possible that he was the personal physician of Pope Gregory IX between 1239 and 1241 . At that time there is no information about him in English sources. Matthew Paris mentions in his chronicle that Magister Ricardus de Wendovre bequeathed an ivory cross to the monastery of St. Albans with a relic that Pope Gregory IX. left his personal physician at his death in 1241. After Gregory's death he was back in England and is attested in the hospitals of St. Paul's and St. Bartholomews in London. From 1244 he was possibly in the service of Bishop Suffield of Norwich, who in his will of 1250 provided 20 marks for the poor as an intercession for the soul of Richard von Wendover.
Richard of Wendover died in 1252 (a memorial of him was celebrated in St. Paul's Cathedral on March 5th). In 1250 he bequeathed a two-volume psalter, an edition of Paul's letters, an altar and altar clothes to the Abbey of St. Bartholomew. He also bequeathed 30 marks to Holy Trinity Abbey and paid for funeral masses in his memory at Thremhall Abbey in Essex. The records of the Cathedral of St. Paul indicate that he bequeathed it a red choir cloak with a round onyx in the center.
Although he was a doctor, it is not possible to reliably identify him as the author of medical writings and is the subject of scientific disputes. Nor is there any evidence in the papal archives that Richard of Wendover left medical writings, and Matthew Paris does not mention him as an author of medical texts.
literature
- Faye Getz: Richard of Wendover (d. 1252) , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , 2004
Web links
(Charles Lethbridge, Richard of Wendover, Dictionary of National Biography 1904)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Richard von Wendover |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Richard of Wendover; Richard from England |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English doctor and clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century or 13th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1252 |