Henry of Friemar

Who is Henry of Friemar?

Henry of Friemar was a German Augustinian theologian. He should be distinguished from Henry of Friemar "the Elder".

At an early age he entered the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, and was sent to the University of Paris. He graduated from there in 1321, and then worked as a Provincial from 1328-1336 for Thuringia and Saxony. Later he served as Magister regens in the monastery of St. Thomas, Prague. Until his death in 1354 he lived, together with his namesake Henry of Friemar "the Elder", in the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt .

His printed works are:

Opus Sermonum Exactissimorum De Sanctis

De Quadruplici Instinctu, Divino, Angelico, Diabolico, et Humano

Additiones Ad Libros Sententiarum

De Spiritibus, Eorumque Discretione

Tractatus De Beatae, Mariae Virginis Conceptione

De Origine Fratrum Eremitarum Sancti Augustini.