Albert Of Stade
Albert of Stade
A chronicler of the thirteenth century. He was born before the close of the twelfth century. It is known that he became abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Stade (near Hamburg) in 1232. Failing to change (1236) the rule of St. Benedict in his abbey to that of the Cistercians, he resigned his office and in 1240 joined the Franciscans. In the same year he commenced to compile his chronicle, which begins with the creation of the world and comes down to 1256; he may also be the author of the continuations to 1265. The earlier portions appear to have been taken from Bede’s “Libellus de sex aetatibus mundi,” and Ekkehard’s “Chronicle.” As he approaches his own times, Albert becomes, after the manner of medieval chroniclers, both fuller and more reliable. The first and only complete edition is that printed at Helmstadt in 1587; (Wittenberg, 1608). He is also credited with the authorship of a work called “Troilus,” a Latin epic on the Trojan War, in 5,320 lines, a manuscript copy of which is in the Wolfenbuttel library.
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VON FUNK, in Kirchenlex., I, 425, 426; WATTENBACH, Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen (6th ed., Berlin, 1893), II, 439-441. The text of the Chronicle from 1165 to the end is best found in Mon. Germ. Hist.—Scriptores, XVI, 272 sqq., 431 sqq. See HURTER, Nomenclator., IV, 269, 353.
THOMAS J. SHAHAN Transcribed by Laura Ouellette
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume ICopyright © 1907 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York
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Albert Of Stade
(Albertus Stadiensis) was a Benedictine priest of the Cloister of St. Mary at Stade. He was appointed priest in 1232, and made vain efforts, with the concurrence of the pope, to put down the disorders of the monks of his abbey. Being greatly troubled, because the bull which he obtained in 1236 of Gregory XI produced no effect, he entered in 1240 the Order of Franciscans. He became, after Olearius, general, and still lived in 1260. Albert of Stade, who must not be confounded with Albert of Pisa, composed in Latin a Chronicle, embracing the period from the creation of the world down to 1256. This is especially valuable for consultation concerning the occurrences in the north of Germany from 1072 to 1256. Andrew Hoier added a supplement, which comprehends a period of sixty years (Hafniae, 1720). This was published with notes, by Reineccius, under the title Chronicon Alberti Abbatis Stadensis, a Condito Orbe usque ad Auctoris Etatem, etc. (Helmstidt, 1587). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.