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Notker (abbot Of Saint Gall)
Notker or Notger is a masculine Germanic given name. Notable people with the given name include: Historical *Notker the Stammerer ("Notker I"; 840–912), Latin poet, possibly composer and monk in Saint Gall * Notker Physicus ("Notker II"; 900–975), physician and painter *Notker Labeo ("Notker III"; 950–1022), monk in Saint Gall and author * Notker (abbot of Saint Gall) (died 975), nephew of Notker Physicus *Notker of Liège Notker (or Notger) of Liège (; c. 940 – 10 April 1008 AD) was a Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine monk, bishop (972–1008) and first prince-Bishop, prince-bishop (980–1008) of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Bishopric of Liège (now in ... ( 940–1008), provost of Saint Gall and later first Prince-Bishop of Liège Contemporary *Notker Füglister (1931–1996), Catholic theologian * Notker Wolf (1940–2024), the ninth Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notker The Stammerer
Notker the Stammerer ( – 6 April 912), Notker Balbulus, or simply Notker, was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall active as a composer, poet and scholar. Described as "a significant figure in the Western Church", Notker made substantial contributions to both the music and literature of his time. He is usually credited with two major works of the Carolingian period: the '' Liber Hymnorum'', which includes an important collection of early musical sequences, and an early biography of Charlemagne, the '' Gesta Karoli Magni''. His other works include a biography of Saint Gall known as the ''Vita Sancti Galli'' and a martyrology, among others. Born near the Abbey of Saint Gall, Notker was educated alongside the monks Tuotilo and Ratpert; all three were composers, making the Abbey an important center of early medieval music. Notker quickly became a central figure of the Abbey and among the leading literary scholars of the Early Middle Ages. A renowned teacher, he t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notker Physicus
Notker Physicus ( – 12 November 975) was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall, active as a physician, painter, composer and poet. He is best known for his medical prowess, and may have been physician to the Holy Roman Emperors Otto I and Otto II. His paintings, now lost, were well regarded in his time, and two of his compositions survive, a office and hymn. Aside from ''physicus'' (), or the equivalent ''medicus'', he was also nicknamed ''piperis granum'' () on account of his monastic dedication. He is sometimes called Notker II, living after St. Gall's Notker the Stammerer and before Notker Labeo. Life and career Notker's birth year is unknown; the philologist estimated it around 900, which is also given by the ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia''. His life was spent at the Abbey of Saint Gall, although only two specific dates can be connected with Notker. By 956 or 957, he had obtained the ''cellarius'' () position as an administrator, and by 965 the ''hospitarius'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notker Labeo
Notker Labeo ( – 28 June 1022), also known as Notker the German () or Notker III, was a Benedictine monk active as a scholar and teacher. He was the first commentator on Aristotle active in the Middle Ages and translated the works of earlier Latin writers such as Boethius and Martianus Capella. Notker is also attributed the authorship of five short essays on music. ''Labeo'' means 'the thick-lipped one'. Later he was named ''Teutonicus'' in recognition of his services to the German language. Life and career He was born about 950, from a noble family of Thurgau, and he was a nephew of Ekkehard I, the poet of '' Waltharius''. He went to the Abbey of Saint Gall when only a boy, and there acquired a vast and varied knowledge by omnivorous reading. After finishing his education, he continued in the abbey as a teacher and then head of the school under abbot Burckhard II. His contemporaries admired him as a theologian, philologist, mathematician, astronomer, connoisseur of music, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notker (abbot Of Saint Gall)
Notker or Notger is a masculine Germanic given name. Notable people with the given name include: Historical *Notker the Stammerer ("Notker I"; 840–912), Latin poet, possibly composer and monk in Saint Gall * Notker Physicus ("Notker II"; 900–975), physician and painter *Notker Labeo ("Notker III"; 950–1022), monk in Saint Gall and author * Notker (abbot of Saint Gall) (died 975), nephew of Notker Physicus *Notker of Liège Notker (or Notger) of Liège (; c. 940 – 10 April 1008 AD) was a Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine monk, bishop (972–1008) and first prince-Bishop, prince-bishop (980–1008) of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Bishopric of Liège (now in ... ( 940–1008), provost of Saint Gall and later first Prince-Bishop of Liège Contemporary *Notker Füglister (1931–1996), Catholic theologian * Notker Wolf (1940–2024), the ninth Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notker Of Liège
Notker (or Notger) of Liège (; c. 940 – 10 April 1008 AD) was a Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine monk, bishop (972–1008) and first prince-Bishop, prince-bishop (980–1008) of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Bishopric of Liège (now in Belgium). Life Notker was born around 940 and probably belonged to a noble Swabian family. He is mentioned in the ' as Provost (religion), Provost of Abbey of Saint Gall, Saint Gall in Switzerland, but he is not mentioned by the otherwise prolix historians of St Gall. In 969 he was appointed imperial chaplain in Italy, and in 972 he was nominated by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor as bishop of Liège, a suffragan of the Archbishop of Cologne. When he received the county of Huy, countship of Huy in 980, he simultaneously obtained secular power for the See and thus became the first Prince-Bishop of Liège. He travelled to Rome for the coronation of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto II by Pope Gregory V, and later negotiated a peace treaty betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
