Arnoldus Vesaliensis

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Arnoldus Vesaliensis (actually Arnold Haldrein ; also Arnold von Wesel or Haldernius ; * around 1484 in Wesel ; † October 30, 1534 in Cologne ) was a German humanist .

Life

Arnoldus came from Wesel and was accordingly nicknamed Vesaliensis or von Wesel . He attended the Laurentianum grammar school in Cologne and entered the artistic faculty of the old Cologne university on October 8, 1516 . He quickly made a name for himself there because of his linguistic and poetic skills. Although his scientific work was more in the philological direction, he obtained the degree of doctor of theology . Later worked as a lecturer in Cologne.

Arnoldus attended the Diet of Augsburg in 1530 . He became canon at Cologne Cathedral in 1531 . His writings defend Catholic worship of saints and relics against Protestant criticism.

Publications (selection)

  • De Veneratione, Invocatione, Et reliquijs Sanctorum, breuis assertio doctißimi quondam uiri, Arnoldi Vuesaliensis , Behem, Mainz 1540.
  • In Qvatvor Libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi, Epitome longè succinctissima , Brickmann, Cologne 1555 ( digitized Horst, Cologne 1555).
  • Decalogi pia iuxta ac erudita exegesis, una cum assertione, de cultu, invocatione, ac reliquiis divorum, et aliis plerisque , Horst, Cologne 1555 ( digitized version ).
  • Epitome singularum distinctionum in quatuor libros Sententiarum , Grobinus, Paris 1575.

literature

  • Bernd Moeller , Bruno Jahn (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia of Theology and the Churches (DBETh) . Volume 1. Saur, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-598-11666-7 , p. 58.
  • Carl Ruland :  Arnoldus Vesaliensis . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 583 f.
  • Descriptions of the life of the most distinguished theologians, both evangelical and papal side, which at. 1530. Attended the Imperial Day in Augspurg, and took part in the religious acts arranged for the surrender of the Augspurgische Confeßion: In addition to a preliminary report from the other both evangelical and papal learners of God who were present there . Reyher, Gotha 1730, p. 24 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Arnoldus Vesaliensis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haldrein, Arnold; Arnold von Wesel; Haldernius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German humanist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1484
PLACE OF BIRTH Wesel
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1534
Place of death Cologne