Erstein
Community ID:
2492
Town:
near Schlettstadt
Diocese:
Straßburg
Modern Location:
in the lower Alsace; near Schlettstadt
Dedication:
Blessed Virgin Mary; S. Caecilia; S. Agatha
Date Founded:
840 (circa)
Date Terminated:
1437
Religious Order:
Benedictine
Rule:
Benedictine
Foundation Information:
Further information about the foundation of this comunity of Benedictine nuns is necessary.
Manuscript Sources:
A manuscript of the Decretals of Gregory IX, dating from the fourteenth century and belonging to this community, is held in the British Library in London, #Add. 17393. An Evangeliar fromt he community, from circa 834/43 is preserved in the Herzog-August-Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel, #16. Aug. 2o (2186).
Secondary Sources:
Handschriftenerbe des Deutschen Mittelalters, vol. 1, p. 234.
WILL, R. In Cahiers alsaciens d'archeologie, d'art et d'histoire (1957), 132.
Manuscripts Produced:
An Evangeliar from the ninth century, and a copy of Gregory IX's Decretals from this community still survive.
Admin. Notes:
BARTH, Handbuch, p. 356-360. Further research is necessary.
Contributors:
June Mecham
Date Started:
840
Date Finished:
1437
Length:
651
