Johann Herolt, also known as Discipulus (died August 1468) was a Dominican preacher. Herolt has been described as "the most prolific, skillful, and honored writer of sermon books in fifteenth-century Europe".
He was "one of the leading figures of a new Dominican spirituality in fifteenth-century Germany which emphasized the practical goals of pastoral work over mystical study".
As lector and prior of the Dominican monastery in
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
, Herolt was a colleague of
Johannes Nider
Johannes Nider (c. 1380 – 13 August 1438) was a German theologian.
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Nider was born in Swabia. He entered the Order of Preachers at Colmar and after profession was sent to Vienna for his philosophical studies, which he finishe ...
. Herolt was also vicar of Nuremberg's Dominican convent, the cloister of St Katharine, which he and Nider reformed in 1428, appointing Gertrud Gwichtmacherin as prioress.
He was prior at Nuremberg from 1437 to 1443.
Herolt's ''Sermones discipuli de tempore et de sanctis'' was the most widely reprinted sermon collection of the fifteenth century.
Herolt collected exemplary stories for use in sermons, and these story collections - one thematic, one of miracles of the
Virgin Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...
, and one of miracles of the
saints
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness
Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual res ...
- also circulated in manuscript and were widely reprinted as ''Promptuaria exemplorum''.
Herolt's Advent, Christmas and New Year sermons to the Nuremberg convent in 1436 - his only work in the German vernacular, ''Der Rosengart'' - have recently been translated and published.
Works
* ''Liber discipuli de eruditione Christifidelium'', 1416
* ''Sermones de tempore'', 1418
* ''Sermones de sanctis'', 1432
* ''Promptuaria exemplorum''
* ''Quadragesimale'', 1434
* ''Applicationes rerum naturalium ad sermones'', 1463
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Herolt, Johann
Year of birth unknown
1468 deaths
15th-century German writers
German Dominicans
German sermon writers
German male writers
15th-century Christian monks