Tatwin

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Tatwin (also Tatwine, Tatuin, Tatuinus; † July 30, 734 ) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 731 to 734 .

Life

Tatwin was from Mercia . He was a priest in the monastery of Briudun in what is now the village of Breedon-on-the-Hill in Leicestershire and known for his faith, wisdom and especially for his knowledge of the scriptures. Tatwin was ordained bishop on June 10, 731 by Bishops Daniel of Winchester, Ingwald of London, Aldwin of Lichfield, and Ealdwulf of Rochester. Symeon of Durham gives the year 732 and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 729. After Tatwin 733 by Pope Gregory III. he had received the pallium and consecrated the bishops Alwig and Sigfrid. He died on July 30, 734 and was later canonized.

Works

His two most important works are:

The Ars Tatuini is a grammar that deals with the "Eight Parts of Speech". Tatwin used Donatus , Consentius and Servius as templates, some of which he took over verbatim, some shortened and added a chapter on verbs. Its simple style made it suitable as a beginner's textbook and was widely used beyond England. The book was written before his ordination as archbishop.

Enigmata is a collection of 40 puzzles on various topics such as philosophy, charity, five senses, alphabet, book and pen. The puzzles, the solutions of which are given in the heading, were written not only for entertainment, but were also intended to be educational. The 40 puzzles are artfully linked by the beginning and ending letters of the opening verses, with the first letters in descending order to form an acrostic ( sub deno quater haec diuerse enigmata torquens ) and the end letters in reverse ascending order to form a telestichon ( stamine metrorum exstructor conserta retexit ). A conclusion , which is placed at the beginning of the work in part of the tradition, expressly refers to this artistic system. The individual puzzles are, as befits the genre, written in a style that seems monotonous to today's reader and, in terms of metrics and prosody, correspond less to the classical than to the custom of their time. The book was probably written after his ordination as archbishop.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Beda Venerabilis , Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum V for the year 731
  2. ↑ a b Symeon of Durham , Historia regum Anglorum et Dacorum
  3. ^ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  4. ↑ a b Max Manitius: History of the Latin Literature of the Middle Ages. Vol. 1: From Justinian to the middle of the 10th century. CH Beck, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-406-01400-3 .
predecessor Office successor
Bertwald Archbishop of Canterbury
731-734 		Emergency helmet
personal data
SURNAME Tatwin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tatwine; Tatuin; Tatuinus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Canterbury (731-734)
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 734