[Thomas Olivier, Oliverus scholasticus]

fl. 1196-1227. Germany. Author of three Latin works on the history of the Crusades and the Holy Land. Oliver was the most prominent German preacher of the Fifth Crusade. He first appears in a charter in 1196 as Oliverus de Patherburne. In 1201 he was appointed magister scolarum in Cologne, 1202 in Paderborn (North Rhine-Westphalia). In 1207 he appears in Paris mediating between the monastery of St. Remy and a canon from Reims. The following year we find him preaching against the Albigensians. Whether he engaged in studies at the University …