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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 .
Herman the Recluse (Latin: Hermannus Heremitus) was, according to legend, a thirteenth-century Benedictine monk best known as the author (actual or supposed) of the Codex Gigas—the "Devil's Bible". The legend states that, as a resident of the Benedictine Monastery of Podlazice , Herman the Recluse was condemned to be walled up alive and ...
The following is a list of living centenarians (living people who have attained the age of at least 100 years) known for reasons other than just their longevity.For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians.
In Ireland the English Crown, which held the Lordship of Ireland, also claimed the prerogative of taking royal fish, which extended to porpoises and dolphins.There is a record of a dispute between the Crown and Christopher St Lawrence, 2nd Baron Howth in about 1440 over the ownership of an exceptionally large grampus (Risso's dolphin) which had been stranded on Howth peninsula in Dublin Bay.
Herman is described by the historian Tom Licence as a "colourful figure". [4] His origin is unknown but it is most likely that he was German.Similarities between his works and those of Sigebert of Gembloux and an earlier writer, Alpert of Metz, both of whom were at the Abbey of St. Vincent [] in Metz, suggest that he was a monk there for a period between 1050 and 1070.
Of the sturgeon harvested this year so far, eight have weighed more than 100 pounds. Sitting at 2% of the total harvest, this is low compared to recent years, but much higher to the average from ...
A green sturgeon, considered to be a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act is alive, despite having been poached from the delta water near Tracy and kept out of the water for ...
Herman the German (crane vessel), a crane vessel seized from Germany by the US after World War II, later used to lift the Spruce Goose; Herman ze German, a small German meat products fast food chain in the UK and Germany