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Conrad of Hirsau

Conrad of Hirsau or Hirschau (Conradus Hirsaugiensis; c. 1070) was a German Benedictine monk and writer at the Hirsau Abbey. He is known for his literary work Dialogus super auctores, an accessus ad auctores written about 1130.

Conrad of Hirsau

[Peregrinus Hirsaugiensis:] Schaubild Homo constat ex carne. Darmstadt ULB Hs. 815, Bl. 37v

Text von Peregrinus (alias Konrad von Hirsau) · Public domain

Born
1070
Died
1150
Occupation
poet · biographer · musician · literary critic · catholic priest · writer · philosopher · religious
Fields
medieval philosophy · scholasticism · medieval literature · theology
Languages
medieval Latin · Middle High German · Latin

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Conrad of Hirsau or Hirschau (Conradus Hirsaugiensis; c. 1070) was a German Benedictine monk and writer at the Hirsau Abbey. He is known for his literary work Dialogus super auctores, an accessus ad auctores written about 1130.

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