Marianus Scotus

Template:Short description Template:Hatnote Template:Use dmy dates Marianus Scotus (1028–1082 or 1083) was an Irish monk and chronicler.<ref>New Catholic Encyclopedia: Mab-Mor - Page 163 2003 "Marianus Scotus of Mainz, chronicler; b. Ireland, 1028; d. Mainz, Germany, Dec. 22, 1082 or 1083. Marianus (in Irish Moel Brigte) entered the monastery of Mag Bile (Moville, Co. Down) when he was 24 years old. He left Ireland in 1056, during ...":</ref> He authored the Chronica Clara, a history of the world.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Name

Marianus Scotus is Latin for "Marian the Scot", although that term at the time was still inclusive of the Irish. He is sometimes known as Template:Nowrap to distinguish him from Marianus Scotus of Regensburg and sometimes called Template:Nowrap (Modern Template:Langx), "Brigit's Servant". The name "Marianus" ('devotee of Mary') was doubtless given on the occasion of his becoming a monk on the Continent.<ref>The Codex Palatino-Vaticanus, No. 830: Texts, Translations and Indices, MacCarthy, Bartholomew; Marianus Scotus, 1028-1082</ref>

Life

An Irishman by birth, he was educated by a certain Tigernach and, having become a monk in 1052,<ref>Template:CathEncy</ref> he travelled to Germany, on the continental mainland, in 1056, and his subsequent life was passed in the abbeys of St Martin at Cologne and of Fulda, and at Mainz. He died in Mainz on 22 December 1082 or 1083,<ref>Template:Cite DNB</ref> and was buried in Mainz Cathedral.

Works

Marianus wrote a Clear Chronicle (Template:Langx), which purports to be a universal history from the creation of the world to 1082<ref>Leonard E. Boyle Medieval Latin Palaeography: A Bibliographical Introduction 1984 – Page 97 "the chronicle of Marianus Scotus of Mainz"</ref> and which employed a dual numbering scheme on the misunderstanding that the Christian era computed by Dionysius Exiguus had been mistaken by 22 years. The chronicle was very popular during the Middle Ages and, in England, was extensively used by John of Worcester and other writers.<ref>Naomi Reed Kline Maps of Medieval Thought: The Hereford Paradigm 2001 Page 221 "In particular she cites the importance of the Universal Chronicle of Marianus Scotus of Mainz which was brought to Hereford by Bishop Robert of Hereford (1079-95);"</ref> It was first printed at Basel in 1559<ref>CHRONICA: ad Euangelij ueritatem,… first edition: Jacobus Parcus, Basel, 1559 One issue can be retrieved in the Stadtbibliothek Mainz [Sign. IV e:2°/93].</ref> and has been edited with an introduction by Georg Waitz for the Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Scriptores, Vol. V.<ref>See also W. Wattenbach, Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen (Bd. ii., 1894).</ref> Codex Palatino-Vaticanus 830 contains the Tripartite Chronicle of Marianus Scotus.

See also

• Tilmo, Irish missionary, fl. 690.
• Aaron Scotus (died 1052)
• Marianus Scotus of Regensburg (died circa 1088)
• David Scotus (died 1139), chronicler
• Joseph Scottus (died near 800), Irish deacon, scholar, diplomat, poet, and ecclesiastic
• Johannes Scotus Eriugena (Template:Circa), Irish theologian
• Sedulius Scottus (9th century), Irish teacher, grammarian and Scriptural commentator

References

Bibliography

• Template:EB1911
• Reeves, William, On Marianus Scotus, of Ratisbon (Royal Irish Academy, 1860) (title details online at google.com)