Herrand (died 23/24 October 1102) was a German prelate who served asabbot of Ilsenburg (c. 1070–1090) andbishop of Halberstadt (1090–1102).[1]
Herrand was probably born inSwabia around 1040. He belonged to a prominent family that produced several leading churchmen. One of his predecessors,Burchard II of Halberstadt, was his uncle and the ArchbishopsAnno II of Cologne andWerner of Magdeburg were his great uncles on his father's side.[1]
Herrand was originally a monk ofGorze Abbey. He was sent to reformSaint Burchard's in Würzburg. His uncle appointed him schoolmaster ofHalberstadt Cathedral and by 1070 he was abbot of Ilsenburg. He reformed the monastery and helped to re-establish the monastery ofHuysburg in 1076. After Burchard's death in 1088, he was elected bishop.[1]
Owing to theInvestiture Contest, Herrand was unable even to enter the city, which was controlled by partisans of theEmperor Henry IV. He was consecrated byPope Urban II in Rome on 19 January 1094 and took the name Stephen.[2][3] In 1096, he established aprovostry at Hillersleben [de] subject to Ilsenburg Abbey.[1] Around 1100, he arranged for the monks of Ilsenburg to be moved toHarsefeld Abbey [de] when they came under threat.[4] He himself took refuge inMagdeburg and later lived as a monk inReinhardsbrunn Abbey, where he died.[1]
The reformed monastic customs which Herrand pioneered inSaxony, based on those of Gorze and theCluniac Reform, are known as theOrdo Ilseneburgensis. Beyond the houses which Herrand reformed directly, their influence was felt at Reinhardsbrunn (from 1084),Admont (1091) andLippoldsberg [de] (c. 1100).[1]
Herrand wrote several works which arelost or fragmentary.[1] During his time in Ilsenburg, he kept yearbooks which were used as sources by theSaxon Annalist,Helmold of Bosau and the compilers of theAnnals of Pöhlde, theAnnals of Harsefeld, theAnnals of Magdeburg [de] and theAnnals of Nienburg [de].[4] HisPassio Burchardi, an account of the death of Burchard II, is excerpted by the Saxon Annalist.[1][2] It otherwise survives only in a fragmentary copy of the 17th century. Herrand also wrote a sermon on Burchard and a treatise "on hope",De spera, both now lost.[1] A letter he wrote to BishopWalram of Naumburg survives in a 12th-century manuscript. In 1094 or 1095, Walram, who belonged to Henry IV's party, wrote to persuade CountLouis the Springer to change sides. At Louis's request, Herrand penned a response, theEpistola de causa Heinrici regis ("Letter on the Case of King Henry").[3][5]
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