ENRICO of HERFORD. - Dominican theologian and historian, born in Herford at the beginning of the 14th century, died in Minden on 13 October 1370. A religious in Minden, he served as definitor for his province of Saxony at the General Chapter of Milan in 1340.
He is known to historians for his *Liber de rebus memoriae biblis sive chronicum mundi* (ed. Pothast, Göttingen 1580), a chronicle from the origin of the world up to 1355, of notable value for the historical period contemporary with the author. Of his other works, only the *Catena entium* survives (Erfurt Library, mss. 370 and 371).
Bibl.: Quell-Fechard, I, pp. 665-666; P. von Löe, *Statistische idée des Ordre-provinces Saxonia* (Quellen u. Forsch. zur Geschichte des Dominikanerordens in Deutsch., 4), Leipzig 1910, pp. 33-33; F. Novati, *Il De Magnalibus Aldolani ed una cronaca vestita-stelese del Trecento*, in *Archivio storico lombardo*, 42 (1913), pp. 465-474; H. Ch. Scheeben, *Untersuchungen über einige mittelalterliche Croniken des Predigerordens*, in *Archiv der deutschen Dominikanern*, 1 (1917), pp. 208-214.