Wolfger fromprüfunging
Wolfger vonprüfunging († after 1173) was a monk, librarian and scholar in the convent .
Life
With Abt I. Erbo (1121-1163) was awarded in 1121 the Bavarian Benedictine Prüfening (in Regensburg ) a monk from St. Georgen in the Black Forest , the favorite pupil of the local abbot Theoger (1088-1119). Under Erbo, Wolfger Mönch was now also the librarian of the local monastic community, his work is visible from 1130.
Wolfger himself came from Bamberg , where he received his training and probably became a monk on the Michelsberg . He is said to have made a library catalog around the middle of the 12th century , as well as to have continued theprüfungingen annals. He was a charterer for checking and was involved in a transcription of the Liber Algorismi , one of the earliest instructions on the use of Arabic numerals including the zero written in Christian Europe . Wolfger probably wrote the Vita Ottonis between 1140 and 1146 , the life description of the holy bishop Otto I of Bamberg (1102–1139), a contender for church reform, and next to it - but this is controversial - also the Vita Theogeri , which he is following the memories of his abbot Erbo. In addition, connections to Bamberg were still preserved, for example in 1151/52, when Wolfger carried out office activities for the then Bamberg Bishop Eberhard II (1146–1172). Wolfger died after 1173. It remains to be mentioned that under Abbot Erbo, Prüfing experienced a cultural and economic boom and was a reform center for some monasteries - such as Münchsmünster , Banz , Asbach , Göttweig or Georgenberg . Wolfger has also made his contribution.
literature
- Heinrich Fichtenau : Wolfger vonprüfunging , in: Mitteilungen des Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung 51 (1937), pp. 313–357.
- Jürgen Petersohn (Ed.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separately in editi 71: The Examining Vita of Bishop Otto I of Bamberg based on the version of the Great Austrian Legendary. Hanover 1999 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
Web links
- Wolfger vonprüfunging in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolfger fromprüfunging |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Monk, librarian and scholar in the convent inprüfunging |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century or 12th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1173 |