BERTOLD VON REGENSBURG (c. 1220-12 7 2), an outstanding preacher of his day, was a native of Regensburg (Ratisbon), where he became a Franciscan. From about 1250 onwards his fame as a preacher spread over all Germany, for the earnestness and straightforward eloquence with which he in sisted that true repentance came from the heart, that pious pil grimages and absolution were mere outward symbols, appealed to all classes. He died in Regensburg on Dec. 13, 1272. His German sermons, which reflect the life of the people, form the chief monuments of Middle High German prose; his Latin ones are written in a clear and direct style. The former were edited by F. Pfeiffer and J. Strobl (2 vols., 1862-8o, reprinted moo) and also exist in a modern German version by F. Gael (4th ed. 1906) ; the latter were edited by G. Jakob (188o).
See C. W. Stromberger, Bertold von Regensburg, der grosste Volks redner des deutschen Mittelalters (1877) ; E. Bernhardt, Bruder Bertold von Regensburg (1905) ; A. E. Schonbach, Studien zur Ge schichte der altdeutschen Predigt (Publications of the Vienna Academy, 1900, 1904, and I906) .