Nicolaus Hermanni

Life

Nicolaus Hermanni (Nils Hermansson, 1325/1326 – 3rd of May 1391) was bishop of Linköping 1375–1391. He became acquainted with Birgitta while teaching her children Latin. Later on, in 1374 he wrote the hymn Rosa rorans bonitatem, which is part of his office of Birgitta. He is the subject of a vita and a collection of miracles.

Further Reading

Lundén, Tryggve (ed.). 1963. Sankt Nikolaus' av Linköping kanonisationsprocess: efter en handskrift i Florens. Processus canonizacionis beati Nicolai Lincopensis. Stockholm: Bonnier.

Schück, Henrik (ed.). 1895. De vita sancti Nicholai. De miraculis S. Nicholai. In: Två svenska biografier från medeltiden. Antiqvarisk tidskrift för Sverige, 5, pp. 313–474. Available online on Projekt Runeberg (2019-10-30).

Schück, Hermann (ed.). 1893. ‘Rosa rorans’: Ett Birgittaofficium af Nicolaus Hermanni. Lunds universitets årsskrift, 28.

Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, Nicolaus Hermanni, article by Herman Schück. Available 2019-10-30: Link.