Dietrich of Apolda (died 1302) was a German Dominican hagiographer, writing towards the end of the thirteenth century. He wrote a popular life of Elizabeth of Hungary, including mythical elements such as the sorcerer Klingsor. He also wrote a lengthy life of

St. Dominic Saint Dominic ( es, Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (), was a Castilian Catholic priest, mystic, the founder of the Dominican Order and is the patron saint of astronomers and natural scientis ...

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Munio of Zamora Munio of Zamora, O.P., (1237 – 19 February 1300) was a Spanish Dominican friar who became the seventh Master General of the Dominican Order in 1285, and later a bishop. Life Spain No details of Munio's early life are recorded, but he ...

.''Vita Beatissimi Dominici'', in '' Acta Sanctorum'', XXXV.

References

*Monika Rener (1993), ''Die Vita der Heiligen Elisabeth des Dietrich von Apolda''

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1302 deaths German Dominicans Christian hagiographers Year of birth unknown German male non-fiction writers {{Germany-historian-stub