Blessed Hermann of Reichenau or Herman the Cripple (18 July 1013 – 24 September 1054), also known by other names, was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and scholar. He composed works on history, music theory, mathematics, and astronomy, as well as many hymns.

2025年2月9日 · Hermann chronicled the first thousand years of Christianity, was a mathematician, an astronomer, and a poet and was also the composer of the Salve Regina and Alma Redemptoris Mater – both hymns...

Being a cripple from birth (hence the surname Contractus) he was powerless to move without assistance, and it was only by the greatest effort that he was able to read and write; but he was so highly gifted intellectually, that when he was but seven years of age his parents confided him to the learned Abbot Berno, on the island of Reichenau.

Hermann von Reichenau OSB auch Hermann der Lahme, Hermannus Contractus, Herimannus Augiensis oder im Spätmittelalter irreführend Hermann von Veringen genannt, da er aus dem Geschlecht der Grafen von Altshausen-Veringen stammte, war ein Mönch der Reichenau und galt als ein bedeutender Wissenschaftler, Komponist und Schriftsteller des ...

Hermann Von Reichenau was a German chronicler, poet, composer, astronomer, and mathematician. A contemporary of the Holy Roman emperor Henry III, Hermann von Reichenau is historiographically important as a primary source for some events of his own time in Germany.

Hermann Contractus (HERIMANUS AUGIENSIS, HERMANN VON REICHENAU), chronicler, mathematician, and poet; b. February 18, 1013, at Altshausen (Swabia); d. on the island of Reichenau, Lake Constance, September 21, 1054. He …

2024年9月26日 · Hermann chronicled the first thousand years of Christianity, was a mathematician, an astronomer, and a poet and was also the composer of the Salve Regina and Alma Redemptoris Mater – both hymns to the Virgin Mary.

HERMANNUS CONTRACTUS. Monk and polymath (called also Herman the Lame or Herman of Reichenau); b. Saulgau, W ü rttemberg-Hohenzollern, Germany, July 18, 1013; d. Abbey of Reichenau, Germany, Sept. 24, 1054.

Hermann of Reichenau was a German mathematician who important for the transmission of Arabic mathematics, astronomy and scientific instruments into central Europe. Hermann of Reichenau is also called Hermann the Lame or Hermannus Contractus. His parents were Count Wolverad II von Altshausen-Veringen and his wife Hiltrud.

Blessed Hermann of Reichenau or Herman the Cripple (18 July 1013 – 24 September 1054), also known by other names, was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and scholar. He composed works on history, music theory, mathematics, and astronomy, as well as many hymns.