Haymo of Faversham

Haymo of Faversham or Haymo of Faversham (* 1200 in Faversham (Kent), † 1243 in Anagni, Italy ) was an English Franciscan and scholar. He had already acquired fame as a professor at the University of Paris and as a preacher before he probably 1224 or 1225 joined the Franciscan Order. He was an influential Minister General of the Order.

Savant

Shortly after his admission was Haymo curator in Paris. From there, he participated in the General Chapter in Assisi in 1230 and was a one of the Messengers, from the chapter to Pope Gregory IX. were sent to file a petition for an explanation of certain parts of the rule by which it came to discussions in the Order. The Pope responded with the Bull "Quo elongati " of 28 September 1230.

After completing this chapter may Haymo went to England, because there is a mention of him in the patent rolls of Henry III. of England. He seems to have been at Oxford in 1232, possibly to teach at the Franciscan school there. In 1233 he was one of the Friars Minor, who were sent by the Holy See to Constantinople Opel to negotiate the reunification of the Latin and the Greek Churches.

Haymo of Faversham led a very active life. During these years he taught not only in Oxford, but also in Tours, Bologna and Padua. Gregory IX. commissioned him with a revision of the Breviary of the Roman Curia, and the output of this breviary of 1241, with some modifications was the breviary of the whole Catholic Church later, was mainly the work of Haymo ..

Minister General

1239 he took part in the General Chapter in Rome, where the controversial Elias of Cortona was relieved of his duties as Minister General. After the presentation of Thomas Eccleston Haymo was one of the main speakers against Elias. He also prompted the dismissal of Gregory of Naples, a follower of Elijah and nephew of the Pope. After the dismissal of Elias Albert was elected Minister General of Pisa, and Haymo took over as his followers, the Office of the Provincial in England. Albert, however, died during the first year of his Generalate, whereupon Haymo was chosen for this office. According to Luke Wadding Haymo was elected in 1239, but this is obviously a mistake. Eccleston says explicitly that Haymo, took during his time as Provincial in England, Ralph of Maidstone, the Bishop of Hereford in the Order. This, however, had been in his episcopate until 17 December 1239 Haymo therefore can not have been elected Minister General before 1240.

Haymo quickly set out to eliminate the irregularities in the Order and the disputes between the brothers that were caused by Elijah. This had the number of provinces increased to seventy-two, according to the number of the biblical 72 disciples as Eccleston says, and because he wanted to surpass the Dominicans, who had shared their order in twelve provinces, in honor of the 12 apostles. Haymo reduced the number of provinces to 32, sixteen south of the Alps and sixteen north of the Alps. Elias had his principal supporters among the lay brothers, whom he had promoted to high positions, but Haymo stipulated that in future no lay brother should have an office, except when it was no priest available. Haymo also defined the rights of the superiors, and emphasized the jurisdiction thereof fixed boundaries. For poverty according to the rule he fought passionately, but were him the disadvantages of dependence on charity conscious and he preferred it when the brothers by their own labor earned their livelihood. Thus he acquired as Provincial in England larger landed property for the brothers, they cultivate and so should feed themselves, so they did not have to beg.

End of life and Obituary

On his deathbed, says Eccleston, visited by Pope Innocent IV, which you can specify his death on the second half of 1243.

On Haymos grave stone reads: Hic jacet Anglorum summum decus, Haymo, Minorum, Vivendo frater, hosque regendo pater: Eximius lector, generalis in ordine rector.

Translation: Here is Haymo, the highest glory of the English, in the life of a Friar Minor, this leader as a father, an excellent teacher and Minister General of the Order.

As a Scholar, he was called Speculum honestatis ( mirror of truth ). He also was awarded the epithet "Inter Aristotelicos Aristotelicissimus ", eg "the greatest Aristotle among the Aristotelessen " called. In addition to his lectures on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, he left behind a record of the liturgy of the Mass and a book of sermons.