Hadmersleben
Community ID:
2532
Town:
Magdeburg
Diocese:
Halberstadt
Dedication:
S. Peter; S. Paul; S. Stephan
Date Founded:
961
Date Terminated:
1810
Religious Order:
Benedictine (by the twelfth century)
Rule:
Benedictine (by the twelfth century)
Foundation Information:
This foundation was established as a house of canonesses in 961. It survived as such until the first half of the twelfth century, at which time it became a regular Benedictine convent.
Manuscript Sources:
The University Library in Halle conatins a martyrology dating from the sixteenth century, #Halberst. Domgymnas. 78. The episcopal archive in Trier contains a sixteenth-century Antiphonal, Abt. 95, 502.
Secondary Sources:
Handschriftenerbe des Deutschen Mittelalters, vol. 1, p. 309.
Manuscripts Produced:
A martyrology and antiphonal are the only remaining literary works belonging to this community.
Contributors:
June Mecham
Contributors Notes:
Further research is necessary.
Date Started:
961
Date Finished:
1810
Length:
581
