Bernhard Morrien

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Bernhard Morrien († February 21, 1581 in Münster ) was provost of the cathedral in the prince-bishopric of Münster .

Life

Origin and family

Bernhard Morrien came from the Westphalian noble family Morrien , which was one of the leading families in the knighthood in the Middle Ages and early modern times and held the office of Hereditary Marshal in the Duchy of Münster from 1350 to 1691 . He was the son of Dietrich Morrien and his wife Anna von Valke zu Rockel. She was an heir daughter. So the Falkenhof in Rheine came into the possession of the Morriens. Bernhard's brother Alexander († 1587) was a cathedral scholaster in Osnabrück. His brother Dietrich had inherited a farm in Horstmar from his grandmother Margarethe von Borghorst, which had been thoroughly renovated. Here he became the founder of the Protestant line of the Morrien family.

Career

Bernhard had studied at the University of Heidelberg and was first canon in Münster. After Bernhard von Münster had renounced, Wilhelm Ketteler transferred the archdeaconate Stadtlohn to him on May 10, 1555 . Bernhard made in 1558 the oath of office as dean , but the bishop's confirmation came only on 12 January 1568. The following year waived it to his office and took over on August 24 In 1569 the Archidiakonat Altlünen. In November 1576 he became cathedral senior in Münster. Bernhard had two sons. Dietrich owned the Vicarie St. Blasii in Münster Cathedral . Hermann was appointed rent master in Fürstenau on September 29, 1592. Her mother, with an unknown identity, is buried in the St. Servatii Church in Münster .

literature

  • The diocese of Münster 4.2. ( Germania Sacra NF 17.2) The Cathedral Monastery of St. Paulus in Münster , edited by Wilhelm Kohl, published by the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York, ISBN 978- 3-11-008508-2 , Germania Sacra NF 17.2 Biographies of the Canon

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SURNAME Morrien, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Provost of the Cathedral in the Principality of Münster
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1581
Place of death Muenster