Aegidius Gelenius
Aegidius Gelenius (born June 10, 1595 in Kempen , † August 24, 1656 in Osnabrück ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and Cologne historiographer from the 17th century.
Ordained a priest of the Diocese of Cologne on March 16, 1619 , he was appointed Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Asia and Auxiliary Bishop of the Osnabrück Diocese on November 29, 1655 . He received his episcopal ordination on March 26, 1656, but died shortly afterwards.
His best-known work is the book, published in Cologne in 1645, “Of the admirable, holy and civil greatness of Cologne” ( De admiranda sacra et civili magnitudine Coloniae ).
The Cologne historiographer Johannes Gelenius (1585–1631) was his brother.
literature
- Leonard Ennen : Gelenius, Johannes and Aegidius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, pp. 534-537. (Family item)
- August Franzen : Gelenius, Johann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 173 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Michael F. Feldkamp : The appointment of the Osnabrück auxiliary bishops and vicars general in the time of the "successio alternativa" according to Roman sources, in: Roman quarterly for Christian antiquity and church history 81 (1986), pp. 229–247.
- Michael F. Feldkamp : Gelenius, Aegidius, in: The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1648 to 1803. A biographical lexicon. Edited by Erwin Gatz with the assistance of Stephan M. Janker, Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 1990. ISBN 3-428-06763-0 . P. 148.
Web links
Commons : Aegidius Gelenius - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Rhineland Regional Association: Johann Gelenius (1585–1631) and Aegidius Gelenius (1595–1656), priests and historians
- Literature by and about Aegidius Gelenius in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by and about Aegidius Gelenius in VD 17 .
- Entry on Aegidius Gelenius on catholic-hierarchy.org
- The Farragines Gelenianae in the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne
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SURNAME | Gelenius, Aegidius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cologne historiographer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1595 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kempen |
DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1656 |
Place of death | Osnabrück |