Summa Vitae (Konrad von Marburg)
The Summa vitae is the oldest biography of Elisabeth of Thuringia and was written by her spiritual pastor, the crusade preacher Konrad von Marburg . The occasion was the canonization procedure that Konrad von Marburg had with Pope Gregory IX. initiated shortly after the death of Elisabeth of Thuringia in 1231. At that time, canonization procedures were already largely regulated. Among other things, the Roman Curia asked for carefully attested miracles and a detailed and precise description of the way of life. The Summa Vitae only gives an outline of the last five years of life of Elisabeth of Thuringia. It is substantially supplemented by the Libellus de dictis quatuor ancillarum sanctae Elisabeth confectus , in which the statements of the four so-called servants of Elisabeth of Thuringia ( Guda , Isentrud von Hörselgau and the two Marburg hospital nurses Irmgard and Elisabeth) are summarized.
However, the original written by Konrad von Marburg was lost. What has been preserved is a copy from the end of the 13th century, which is now kept in the Erlangen University Library. A copy also dating back to the end of the 13th century can be found as part of a codex in the Würzburg University Library.
literature
Philipps University of Marburg (ed.): Sankt Elisabeth: Fürstin - Dienerin - Heilige , Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1981, ISBN 3-7995-4035-0 , catalog numbers 78 and 84