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Johann Host von Romberch (born on a farm at Romberg or Romberch in
Johann Host von Romberch (born on a farm at Romberg or Romberch in Westphalia
Westphalia (; german: Westfalen ; nds, Westfalen ) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of and 7.9 million inhabitants.
The territory of the regio ...
c. 1480, died at the close of 1532 or the beginning of 1533) was a German Dominican, and writer.
He was one of the seven Dominicans who distinguished themselves in the struggle against Martin Luther
Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...
in Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...
. At the age of sixteen he entered the Dominican Order; he studied at the University of Bologna
The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continu ...
from 1516 to 1519.
In 1520 he was appointed to the theological faculty of the University of Cologne, and despite the many religious controversies he was engaged in, he found time for literary activity. The fact of his being appointed to the facility of Cologne University
The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...
is proof of the opinion held of his orthodoxy in theology: that university held a sort of censorship over all the theological faculties of Germany.
His fellow members on the university faculty, Hoogstraten and Collin, besides being distinguished churchmen were eminent among later German Humanists.
Works
Among the works he edited are *Burchard von Barby
Burchard of Mount Sion (, also misnamed ''Brocard'' or ''Bocard''; fl. late 13th century), was a German priest, Dominican friar, pilgrim and author probably from Magdeburg in northern Germany, who travelled to the Middle East at the end of the 13t ...
, ''Descriptio Terrae Sanctae''
*Johann Faber
Johann Faber (1478 – May 21, 1541) was a Catholic theologian known for his writings opposing the Protestant Reformation and the growing Anabaptist movement.
Biography
Johann Faber, the son of a blacksmith, was born in Leutkirch, Swabia an ...
, ''Antilogiarum Martini Lutheri Babylonia''
*Dionysius the Carthusian
Denis the Carthusian (1402–1471), also known as Denys van Leeuwen, Denis Ryckel, Dionysius van Rijkel, Denys le Chartreux (or other combinations of these terms), was a Roman Catholic theologian and mystic.
Life
Denis was born in 1402 in that ...
, ''Commentarium in Psalmos''.
He wrote many controversial works. He is known also for a 1520 book on the art of memory
The art of memory (Latin: ''ars memoriae'') is any of a number of loosely associated mnemonic principles and techniques used to organize memory impressions, improve recall, and assist in the combination and 'invention' of ideas. An alternative ...
, ''Congestorium artificiose memoriae''.''...a text that was widely read throughout sixteenth-century Europe...'', Paolo Rossi, ''Logic and the Art of Memory'' (English translation 2000), p.20. Host's last work was the ''Enchiridion Sacerdotum'' which was published at Cologne in 1532.
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