Arnoldus Mermannus

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Arnoldus Mermannus OFMConv (* in Aalst ; † September 5, 1578 in Leuven in Flanders ) was a Flemish minorite who taught theology in Leuven.

Life

Mermannus, also known as Alostanus because of his origins , entered the De Valk pedagogy in Leuven on August 30, 1546 to study art and received his Magister Artium on March 21, 1549. As a member of the Order of the Minorites , he was appointed deacon in Leuven in December 1552 and ordained a priest in May 1553 in the Franciscan monastery in Brussels. He dressed in his order a. A. the offices of Definitor (1565) and Provincial (1565–1568 in Mechelen and 1568–1570 in Leuven).

Arnoldus Mermannus mainly wrote controversial theological treatises in which he advocated the truth of the Catholic faith as valid from his point of view against people whom he regarded as heretics . His best-known and most frequently cited work, Theatrvm Conversionis, is the first known attempt by a Catholic author to summarize the ancient church and medieval missionary history.

Mermannus died of the plague in Leuven in 1578 .

Works

  • De quatuor plaustris haereticarum fabularum (1563),
  • Catechism poenitentium: instar dialog (1564),
  • Derogationibus ac peregrinationibus, et hymnis et solennibus suplicationibus (1566),
  • Libellus de sancta Cruce eiusque religiosa adoratione et cultu: a maioribus religiosissimis mortalibus illis hucusque observatou (1566),
  • Theatrvm Conversionis (1572).

literature

  • Johann Albert Fabricius , Bibliotheca ecclesiastica (1718),
  • Christian Gottlieb Jöcher , Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon, Third Part (Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch , 1751), p. 467,
  • B. De Troeyer, 'Arnold Mermans', Franciscana 21 (1966),
  • B. De Troeyer, Bio-Bibliographica Franciscana Neerlandica saec. XVI, I: Pars biographica (B. De Graaf Verlag, 1969), 254-266
  • Werner Raupp : Art. Mermannius, Arnoldus, in: Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart (RGG), 4th edition, vol. 5 (2002), col. 1109.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mermann (Arnulph). In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 20, Leipzig 1739, column 1025 f.
  2. ^ Arnoldus Meerman . In: B. Roest, M. van der Heijden: Franciscan authors, 13th – 18th century: a catalog in progress .
  3. ^ Sina Rauschenbach: Arnoldus Mermannus: Theatrvm Conversionis , source text, content u. Reception, Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel.
  4. ^ The Plague in Saint Jacob's Parish in Leuven , artist unknown, Brabant, 1578, Exhibit in Museum M, Leuven, Belgium
  5. ↑ Mysterie van de Grafstenen . Leuven Historisch Genootschap, Nieuwsbrief, 31 (2011), 17 (PDF)


personal data
SURNAME Mermannus, Arnoldus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mermanns, Arnold; Mermann, Arnold; Mermannius, Arnulphus; Alostanus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish minorite, theology and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Aalst , Flanders
DATE OF DEATH September 5, 1578
Place of death Lions