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
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- 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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Born in 1070, died in 1150.
The recorded working language is medieval Latin, Middle High German and Latin. The field of work recorded is medieval philosophy, scholasticism and medieval literature. Places of work recorded in the authority are Hirsau Abbey.

Schaubild "Homo constat in carne" aus dem Eberbacher Peregrinus minor
Konrad von Hirsau
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- 1.Johannes Trithemius, De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis, Gand 1494, p. 58.
- 2.Robert Bultot, L’auteur de l’«Altercatio Synagogae et Ecclesiae»: Conrad d’Hirsau? in «Recherches de théologie ancienne et médiévale» 32, 1965, p. 266.
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