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Hermann of Reichenau

Type Figure Region Holy Roman Empire Time c. 1013–1054 Also known as Hermann of Reichenau

Hermann of Reichenau (c. 1013–1054) was an 11th-century German Benedictine scholar, called Contractus due to physical disability, who spent his life …

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  1. 1051–1054Reichenau Abbey · ReichenauAfter 1051 Hermann continued at Reichenau, completing the continuation of his World Chronicle, astronomical and mathematical treatises, and revising his Easter tables. His works were copied in the abbey scriptorium and influenced church calendars and scholarly traditions across Germany.
  2. 1052–1054Reichenau Abbey · ReichenauIn the last years of his life Hermann composed numerous Latin hymns and sequences and wrote short treatises on music theory, combining the Boethian tradition with contemporary liturgical practice; his works were long used in German church liturgy.

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