Marianus Scottus of Regensburg

  • d. 1080 x 1083
  • scribes, abbots, scholars
  • Regensburg, abbey of St James
Irish scribe, who founded the Irish monastic community at Regensburg (Ratisbon) in Bavaria, the first of the Schottenklöster to be founded in southern Germany.
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Weber, Stefan, Iren auf dem Kontinent: Das Leben des Marianus Scottus von Regensburg und die Anfänge der irischen ‘Schottenklöster’, Heidelberg: Mattes Verlag, 2010. xii + 874 pp.
Breatnach, Pádraig A., “Marianus Scottus (d. 1080x83)”, Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2004–present.
Hoffmann, Hartmut, “Irische Schreiber in Deutschland im 11. Jahrhundert”, Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters 59 (2003): 97–120.
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Breatnach, P. A., “The origins of the Irish monastic tradition at Ratisbon (Regensburg)”, Celtica 13 (1980): 58–77.
Kenney, James F., “Chapter VI: The expansion of Irish Christianity”, in: James F. Kenney, The sources for the early history of Ireland: an introduction and guide. Volume 1: ecclesiastical, Revised ed., 11, New York: Octagon, 1966. 486–621.
[444] “Life of Marianus, abbot of Ratibon”
[445] “Copy of the Epistles of St Paul, by Marianus Scotttus (Codex Vindobonensis 1247)”
Dilworth, Mark, “Marianus Scotus: scribe and monastic founder”, Scottish Gaelic Studies 10:2 (1965): 125–148.
Binchy, D. A., “Die irischen Benediktinerklöster in Regensburg”, unpublished PhD dissertation, Munich, 1923.
Wattenbach, Wilhelm, “Mélanges: Un autographe de Marianus Scottus”, Revue Celtique 1 (1870–1872): 262–264.
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Reeves, William, and Charles P. Mac Donnell [quoted], “On Marianus Scotus, of Ratisbon”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 7 (1857–1861): 290–301.