Bernhard from Beverförde to Werries

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Bernhard von Beverförde zu Werries (* around 1605 ; † October 24, 1636 in Twente ) was canon in Münster .

Life

Origin and family

Bernhard von Beverförde came from the Westphalian noble family Beverförde zu Werries and was the son of Johann Christoph von Beverförde zu Werries († 1626) and his wife Kiliana von Brabeck . His brother Johann Friedrich († 1670, ∞ Ida von Plettenberg zu Lehnhausen) was the tribe, his brother Bernhard Engelbert (1609–1690) subdeacon and assessor of the Landespfennigkammer.

Act

With the receipt of the tonsure on February 25, 1625, Bernhard was prepared for a spiritual life. Already on March 3rd it was presented for a cathedral priest in Münster . On April 9, 1625 he took possession of it. His request to allow him early emancipation because of his mother's financial needs was granted. So emancipation fell on July 17th of that year. Bernhard died of the rampant plague in Twente .

swell

  • 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 Canons, page 19ff. Digitized.

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SURNAME Beverförde zu Werries, Bernhard von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canon in Munster
DATE OF BIRTH around 1605
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1636
Place of death Twente