Andreas Samuel

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Andreas Samuel (Polish Andrzej Samuel ; † before June 22, 1549 in Marienwerder , Duchy of Prussia ) was a Polish Dominican monk in Posen and later a Lutheran theologian in Prussia.

Life

Its origin is unknown. As a Dominican monk, Andreas Samuel had been a priest in the cathedral in Posen since 1520. In 1535 he had to leave the city because of Lutheran sermons. After studying in unknown places, he returned, but was sentenced to death for heresy in 1541.

Andreas Samuel fled to the Duchy of Prussia. From there he went to Wittenberg and then to study in Leipzig , where he received his licentiate that year. In 1543 he obtained his doctorate and married.

Since 1544 Samuel was pastor and superintendent in Gilgenburg (Polish: Dąbrówno ) in the Duchy of Prussia. There he met with severe criticism because of his strict demeanor. He excommunicated several parishioners for minor offenses such as belated baptism of a newborn. In 1547, at the request of Duke Albrecht, Bishop Speratus gave him a new position in the Masurian Passenheim ( Pasym in Polish ), where the same complaints arose.

In 1549 Andreas Samuel went to Marienwerder (Polish: Kwidzyn ), where he died soon after.

Fonts

  • Quaestio subscripta cum conclusionibus sibi adnexis , Leipzig 1542. The manuscript was in the Ducal Letter Archives in Königsberg / Pr.
  • Dziełka teologiczne, najwcześniejsze luterskie polskie , printed in Wittenberg (?), No copy survived

literature

  • Theodor Wotschke : Andreas Samuel and Johann Seklucyan , the first preachers of the Gospel in Posen. In: Journal of the Historical Society for the Province of Poznan. Volume 17. 1902. pp. 169–197 ( online )
  • Paul Tschackert : Document book on the Reformation history of the Duchy of Prussia. Leipzig 1890. Reprint 2017. p. 337 note 4.
  • Ignacy Warmiński: Andrzej Samuel i Jan Seklucjan . Poznań 1906. ( online )
  • Maria Falińska: Samuel Andrzej . In: Antoni Gasiorowski, Jerzy Topolski (eds.): Wielokopolski słownik biograficzny . 2nd Edition. Warszawa, Poznań, PWN, 1983. ISBN 83-01-02722-3 .
  • Jan Szturc: Ewangelicy w Polsce. Słownik biograficzny XVI – XX wieku . Bielsko-Biała, Augustana, 1998, ISBN 83-85970-50-9
personal data
SURNAME Samuel, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Samuel, Andrzej
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish Dominican monk in Posen and later Lutheran theologian in Prussia
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
DATE OF DEATH before June 22, 1549
Place of death Marienwerder , Duchy of Prussia