Werner von Haselbeck
Werner von Haselbeck (* before 1357 in Essen , † September 9, 1384 in Rome ) was a Catholic priest , biographer and papal secretary.
Life
The son of a councilor from Essen attended the collegiate school in order to then study at the University of Montpellier . From 1357 he was a canon at the collegiate church of St. Kassius in Bonn . In 1360 Werner von Haselbeck received from Pope Innocent VI. permission to donate an altar to any church in his hometown of Essen. His successor, Pope Urban V , appointed him canon at the Church of St. Bartholomew in Liège . After Urban V. returned to Rome from his exile in Avignon in 1367 , von Haselbeck became papal secretary and scriptor to the Pope . During the schism of 1378 he was a supporter of the Roman Pope.
Von Haselbeck was the author of several papal vites. In his will he made a donation to the St. George altar in Essen Minster . The Essen monastery community commemorated the benefactor who was connected to their homeland until the monastery was dissolved in 1803 with a prayer every year on September 9th.
literature
- Erwin Dickhoff: Essen heads. Who was what Richard Bacht, Essen 1985, ISBN 3-87034-037-1 .
Web links
- Werner de Hasselbecke in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haselbeck, Werner von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Werner de Hasselbecke |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German priest, biographer and papal secretary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1357 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 1384 |
| Place of death | Rome |