Andreas Gillardon the Younger

Andreas Gillardon the Younger (born November 21, 1697 in Grüsch , † September 22, 1751 in Maienfeld ) was a Swiss Reformed pastor .

Life

Andreas Gillardon the Younger was born on November 21, 1697 as the eldest son of Andreas Gillardon the Elder and Margreth Täscher in Grüsch in the canton of Graubünden . After he was taught by his father, he attended a school in Halle from 1714 ; he had been at the Latin school there since April 26, 1714 and was the first student from Graubünden there. From 1716, he first studied at the University of Berne , then at the in Bern , and finally at the University of Basel theology . In 1718 he was accepted into the Evangelical-Rhaetian Synod in Samaden .

Since he was therefore allowed to work as a pastor, Gillardon worked as a pastor in Valzeina from the same year and replaced his father in Grüsch in 1719. In 1736 he moved to Maienfeld, where he worked until his death on September 22, 1751. Like his father, he was one of the most important pietists in Graubünden.

Works

• The glory of those / who die well and happily 12.1.1726 (Cecilia von Salis, née Schmid von Grünegg) (Chur 1726)
• The right use of divine goodness, in the presence of the honorary ambassadors from Zurich and Bern, to Chur, presented in the Church of St. Regula (Chur 1729)
• A believing soul / unity and best part. In a Christian corpse sermon by Des Jacob Otten, December 7, 1731 in the churches of Grüsch (Chur 1731)
• That grieved and mournful end of a great in Israel / or Christian commemorative sermon by Herr Herculis de Salis (Chur 1732)
• The picture of a widow who pleases God / presented in a Christian corpse sermon (Margaretha Brügger, born von Salis 1668-1737)
• The image of an officer who is pleasing to God and man at the funeral of John of Salis. 9.01. 1738 (Chur 1738)
• The desire of a believing soul for communion with God / presented in a Christian corpse sermon (Carl Gubert Salis 1660-1740) (Chur 1740)
• Asaph, victorious over all disbelief, contemplates a full-scale burial (funeral sermon for Johann Friedrich Brügger 1693-1743) (Chur 1743)
• The pathetic end of a thief and murderer, presented at the execution of Josef Scheuweiler von Wolffhag on the Turgäu. Which talked to Meyenfeld (St. Gallen 1750)

literature

• Erich Wenneker :  Gillardon, Andreas. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 20, Bautz, Nordhausen 2002, ISBN 3-88309-091-3 , Sp. 633-634.
• J. Jürgen Seidel : The Beginnings of Pietism in Graubünden (Zurich 2001)