John of Hildesheim

John of Hildesheim (* 1310-1320 in Hildesheim, † May 5, 1375 in Marienau near Hameln ) was a Carmelite monk and prior of the monastery Marienau in Hameln.

Life

After studying in Avignon and Paris John of Hildesheim was active in Strasbourg, from 1358 he was prior of the Carmelite Convent in Kassel, then until his death prior in his head monastery Marienau in Hameln.

He wrote philosophical, theological and poetic writings, including the 1364 "Historia trium regum ," the story of the Three ( Holy ) Kings, a major strand of the legend of the three kings. The writing was probably commissioned by the Domherr Florence from Wevelinghoven ( 1364 appointed Bishop of Münster ), possibly on the occasion of the 200 - year - memory transfer of the Epiphany relics from Milan to Cologne in 1164 by Archbishop Rainald of Dassel ( 1159-1167 ) to 1370th

Works

  • Historia trium regum beatissimorum. [Cologne]: [John Gulden creators ] [ um 1477 ] ( digitized )
  • Historia gloriosissimor [ at ] triu [m ] regum integra, Syncera et multis pre mundi historijs lectu iucundissima, triplice [m ] q [ ue ] ac plane miraculosam eorunde [m ] translat [i ] o [n ] em veluti in choro maioris eccl [ it ] he Colonie [n ] sis s [ u] p [ er] est habita cu [m ] admiration [n ] dis ory [n ] taliu [m ] gentiu [m ] reru [m ] q [ ue ] nobis ignotaru [m ] antiquitatibus p [ ro] pulchre veroq [ ue ] Verius co [m ] plectens, with contributions from Albertus Magnus, Aurelius Augustine, Ortwin Gratius, Hermann von Neuenahr, Sebastian Brant, Cologne: Heinrich Quentell heirs 1514 ( digitized version of the Bavarian State Library Munich, accessed on 6 March 2012)
  • The Legend of the Three Kings. Transmission and afterword by Elizabeth Christern. Cologne: . Bachem 1960 paperback edition: Munich: Dt. Paperback Publisher 1963
  • The Legend of the Three Kings by John of Hildesheim. From a manuscript communicated by Goethe and German Heidelberg library edited by Gustav Schwab [Stuttgart 1822 ]. Newly published by Wilhelm Rath. 2nd edition, Stuttgart: Orient- Occident Verlag 1980 ISBN 3-922551-01-7
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