Henry of Avranches Alternative spellings: Henry d'Avranches, Henri d'Avranches, Henricus Abrincensis, Henricus de Abrincis, Heinrich von Avranches. (died 1260)Date of death given as 1260 . was a poet of the first half of the 13th century, writing in Latin. He is sometimes assumed to have been born in Avranches, but is otherwise said to have been of German birth with a Norman father. He is described as an itinerant cleric., German site, as Heinrich von Avranches.
He wrote numerous works, in hagiography and in other styles, including a life of Francis of Assisi, on John Blund, and poems on grammar. He wrote in 1228/9 a topographical poem about the Starkenburg., in German].
He took part in a poetry contest against Michael of Cornwall in 1254–55. This was after some earlier contests.
References John Paul Heironimus and Josiah Cox Russell, editors (1929), Two types of thirteenth century grammatical poems John Paul Heironimus and Josiah Cox Russell, editors (1935), The Shorter Latin Poems of Master Henry of Avranches Papers of Konrad Bund
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