Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951

Giselher of Slatheim

GISELHER DI SLATHEIM

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GISELHER OF SLATHEIM. - Dominican mystic of the 14th century. A native of Slatheim or Scholtheim, northwest of Erfurt, G. was a lector at Cologne and Erfurt, distinguishing himself by his learning, priestly zeal and stylistic expression. From 1323 to 1337 he compiled a German collection of sermons on the Sunday Gospels, partly printed.

G. insists on the birth of the Word; he refers to the preachers who spoke in the same milieu on the subjects of mysticism and future glorification; he refutes theses of the Franciscans. He provided the layman Hermann of Fritzlar, for his legend, with the substance of the lives of the saints according to the liturgical cycle.

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BIBL.: G.W. Preezer, Gesch. der deutschen Mystik im Mittelalter, II, Leipzig 1881, pp. 99 ff.; E. Krebs, s. v. in Stammers Verfasserslexikon, II, col. 52, with bibl.

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By Angelo Walz

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 673.

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Walz, Angelo. “Giselher di Slatheim.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 673. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giselher-di-slatheim.

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Walz, Angelo. “Giselher di Slatheim.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 673. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giselher-di-slatheim.

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  author    = {Walz, Angelo},
  title     = {Giselher di Slatheim},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {673},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giselher-di-slatheim}
}

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