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Notker III.

  • Notker Teutonicus
  • Notker der Deutsche
  • Notker Labeo
  • Notker the German
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Notker III.
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Place of birth
Thurgau
Date of death
1022-06-28
Place of death
St. Gallen

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Notker Labeo (c. 950 – 28 June 1022), also known as Notker the German (Latin: Notcerus Teutonicus) or Notker III, was a Benedictine monk active as a scholar and teacher. He was the first commentator on Aristotle active in the Middle Ages and translated the works of earlier Latin writers such as Boethius and Martianus Capella. Notker is also attributed the authorship of five short essays on music.

Labeo means 'the thick-lipped one'. Later he was named Teutonicus in recognition of his services to the German language.

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2025-08-28