Notker the Stammerer

Benedictine monk and musician
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Notker the Stammerer
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Notker the Stammerer

Summary

Notker the Stammerer is a human[1]. He was born in Jonschwil[2]. He was born on 840[3]. He died in St. Gallen[4]. He died on April 6, 912[5]. He worked as a poet[6], composer[7], musicologist[8], historian[9], and writer[10]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (331 views/month, #7,173 of 1,000,298).[11]

Key Facts

  • Notker the Stammerer's place of birth was Jonschwil[2].
  • Notker the Stammerer's place of birth was Elgg[12].
  • Notker the Stammerer died in St. Gallen[4].
  • Notker the Stammerer was born on 840[3].
  • Notker the Stammerer died on April 6, 912[5].
  • Notker the Stammerer held citizenship in Carolingian Empire[13].
  • Old High German was Notker the Stammerer's native language[14].
  • Notker the Stammerer worked as a poet[6].
  • Notker the Stammerer worked as a composer[7].
  • Notker the Stammerer worked as a musicologist[8].
  • Notker the Stammerer's professions included historian[9].
  • Notker the Stammerer worked as a writer[10].
  • A notable work attributed to Notker the Stammerer is Liber hymnorum[15].
  • A notable work attributed to Notker the Stammerer is Gesta Karoli Magni[16].
  • Notker the Stammerer's religion is recorded as Catholic Church[17].
  • Notker the Stammerer is recorded as male[18].
  • Notker the Stammerer's instance of is recorded as human[19].
  • Notker the Stammerer's Commons category is recorded as Notker the Stammerer[20].
  • Notker the Stammerer's canonization status is recorded as blessed[21].
  • Notker the Stammerer's religious order is recorded as Benedictines[22].
  • Notker the Stammerer's medical condition is recorded as stuttering[23].
  • Notker the Stammerer's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • Notker the Stammerer's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • Notker the Stammerer's described by source is recorded as Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie[26].
  • Notker the Stammerer's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: CH[29]

  • Began / founded: 0840[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 0912[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1490e91b-41f0-4677-9137-d5bdadbfcf78[32]

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Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Jonschwil[2], a Municipality of Switzerland[33], in Switzerland[34] and Elgg[12], a Municipality of Switzerland[35], in Switzerland[36]. Notker the Stammerer was born on 840[3]. Old High German was his native language[14].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include poet[6], composer[7], musicologist[8], historian[9], and writer[10].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Liber hymnorum[15], a literary work[37], founded in 0900[38] and Gesta Karoli Magni[16], a literary work[39].

Personal Life

Notker the Stammerer's religion is recorded as Catholic Church[17].

Death and Burial

Notker the Stammerer died on April 6, 912[5]. He died in St. Gallen[4].

Why It Matters

Notker the Stammerer ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (331 views/month, #7,173 of 1,000,298).[11] He has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] He is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

FAQs

Where was Notker the Stammerer born?

Born in Jonschwil[2], Notker the Stammerer…

Where did Notker the Stammerer die?

Notker the Stammerer passed away in St. Gallen[4].

What did Notker the Stammerer do for work?

Notker the Stammerer worked as poet[6], composer[7], musicologist[8], historian[9], and writer[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [18] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . Mirabile: Digital Archives for Medieval Culture. wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [20] . wikidata.org.
  15. [21] . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [5] . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . wikidata.org.
  19. [15] . wikidata.org.
  20. [16] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [11] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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