Johann Herolt Explained

Johann Herolt, also known as Discipulus (died August 1468) was a Dominican preacher. Herolt has been described as "the most prolific, skillful, and honored writer of sermon books in fifteenth-century Europe".[1] He was "one of the leading figures of a new Dominican spirituality in fifteenth-century Germany which emphasized the practical goals of pastoral work over mystical study".[2]

As lector and prior of the Dominican monastery in Nuremberg, Herolt was a colleague of Johannes Nider. Herolt was also vicar of Nuremberg's Dominican convent, the cloister of St Katharine, which he and Nider reformed in 1428, appointing Gertrud Gwichtmacherin as prioress.[3] He was prior at Nuremberg from 1437 to 1443.[1]

Herolt's Sermones discipuli de tempore et de sanctis was the most widely reprinted sermon collection of the fifteenth century. Herolt collected exemplary stories for use in sermons, and these story collections - one thematic, one of miracles of the Virgin Mary, and one of miracles of the saints - also circulated in manuscript and were widely reprinted as Promptuaria exemplorum.

Herolt's Advent, Christmas and New Year sermons to the Nuremberg convent in 1436 - his only work in the German vernacular, Der Rosengart - have recently been translated and published.[3]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ian D. Siggins. A Harvest of Medieval Preaching: The Sermon Books of Johann Herolt, Op (Discipulus). 10 May 2013. 2009. Xlibris Corporation. 978-1-4628-2607-0. 1–13.
  2. Book: Richard Newhauser. Amos. Thomas Leslie. Green. Eugene A.. De Ore Domini: Preacher and Word in the Middle Ages. 10 May 2013. 1989. Medieval Institute Publ. 978-0-918720-28-3. 185–. From Treatise to Sermon: Johannes Herolt on the novem peccata aliena.
  3. Book: Ian D. K. Siggins. The Rose Garden: Sermons on the Monastic Virtues by Johann Herolt Op (~1390-1468). 10 May 2013. 2012. Trafford Publishing. 978-1-4669-6323-8. vii.