Andrew of Jerin

Andreas von Jerin (* 1540 or 1541 in the Danube city of Riedlingen , Swabian Austria , † November 5, 1596 in Neisse , Principality of Neisse ) was Prince-Bishop of Breslau and Imperial envoy .

Andreas von Jerin around 1587

Origin and career

His parents were Ludwig Jerin, councilor in Riedlingen, and Katharina, née. Dietterlin. From 1559 he studied at the University of Dillingen , where he acquired the Baccalaureat and the master's degree in 1563 . As the educator of the brothers Gebhard and Christoph Truchseß von Waldburg , he continued his studies at the University of Leuven in 1563 and was accepted into the Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum as an alumne on the recommendation of Petrus Canisius in October 1566 . Two years later he was in St. Peter's Basilica for ordained priests . He was then pastor of the until 1570Swiss Guard . In 1571 he received his theological doctorate at the University of Bologna . In the same year, Cardinal Otto Truchseß von Waldburg transferred the Dillingen parish to him.

As early as 1570 he received a canonical at the Wroclaw Cathedral , where he became cathedral preacher in 1572 and obtained a seat and vote in the cathedral chapter . At the same time he was given the post of rector at the Breslau seminary , which he had to resign after it was moved to Neisse in 1575. From 1573 he was custodian at the Breslauer Kreuzstift , in 1577 he became Breslau provost . 1575-1580 he owned a canonical at the collegiate monastery in Neisse.

On September 29, 1578 he was raised to the bohemian nobility in Prague . For his services as an imperial envoy in Poland, Emperor Rudolf II was raised to the knightly imperial and hereditary- Austrian nobility on February 25, 1583 .

Prince-Bishop of Wroclaw

After the death of Bishop Martin von Gerstmann from Breslau , the cathedral chapter elected Andreas von Jerin, the candidate of the emperor, as his successor on July 1, 1585. The episcopal ordination took place on February 9, 1586. The emperor appointed him at the same time as governor of Silesia.

Through his intensive contacts with the imperial court and the Roman Curia , Jerin was able to strengthen Catholicism in Silesia and enforce his concern to reform the educational system and the formation of priests. In 1590 he founded the St. Andreas Pedagogy in Neisse, with which the shortage of Catholic officials in the church administration should be remedied. In 1592 he held a diocesan synod .

However, his counter-Reformation measures met with little success. His efforts to strengthen the missionary and educational institutions of the Jesuits failed because of the resistance of the Silesian princes and estates. In 1595 the Jesuits had to leave Breslau.

Jerin was councilor of Archduke Charles of Austria and papal count palatine "Aulae Lateranensis comes palatinus". He was a patron of the sciences and the arts. In 1590, he had goldsmith Paul Nitsch (1548–1609) make a precious silver high altar for the Breslau Cathedral.

Several of his relatives and compatriots were senior officials in his diocese administration or held other important positions, e. B .:

• Andreas von Jerin († 1622), councilor and court judge in Neisse
• Philip of Jerin († 1628), treasurer and councilor
• Bartholomäus von Jerin († 1613), chancellor of the cathedral chapter in Breslau, papal protonotary, count of the palace
• Konstantin Magnus von Jerin (1600–1665), episcopal governor in Neisse and court judge
• Paul Albert , Bishop of Wroclaw

They were called the Swabian party and brought Jerin to the charge of nepotism .

Jerin died on his bishop's court in Neisse and was buried in the Breslau Cathedral . The epitaph with a relief bust erected for him is made of red marble.

literature

• Joachim Köhler:  Jerin, Andreas v .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 413 f. ( Digitized version ).
• A. Nägele: Documenta Jeriniana. Archival. Contributions z. Biography d. Wroclaw Bishop Andreas v. Jerin (1585-1596) . In: Archives for Silesian Church History . Volume 1, pp. 98-156.
• Alois Braig: Andreas von Jerin (1540 / 41–1596). From the son of a citizen of Riedlingen to the prince-bishop of Breslau . In: Local history sheets for the Biberach district . Volume 8, Issue 2, 1985, pp. 22-28
• Gerhard Neudecker: Andreas von Jerin, Prince-Bishop in the age of denominational formation . In: Local history sheets for the Biberach district . Volume 23, Issue 2, 2000, pp. 15-29
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses . Part B, 1941, p. 263, Justus Perthes Verlag, Gotha 1941
• Konstantin von Jerin (arr.): Bishop Andreas von Jerin, Emperor Rudolph II. Envoy to Poland 1589–96 . Documented according to the files of the KK Haus-Hof- u. Vienna State Archives, Verlag F. Bär, Neisse 1900
• Karl Kastner: Wroclaw Bishops . East German publishing company, Breslau 1929

Web links

• Entry about Andreas von Jerin on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library

predecessor	Office	successor
Martin von Gerstmann	Prince-Bishop of Breslau 1585–1596	Bonaventure Rooster