Bernhard von Hagen
Bernhard von Hagen (* in Geseke ; † October 3, 1556 in Cologne ) was a priest and vicar general in Cologne.
Life
Matriculation at the University of Cologne at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and simultaneous entry into the Montanerburse on October 3, 1503. At the end of 1504 he acquired the academic degree of Baccalaureus there and in 1505 became pastor in the St. Petri Church in Geseke. At the beginning of 1506, Bernhard was licensed as well as master of the liberal arts and then turned to legal studies. In 1513 he acquired the degree of Baccalaureus in this subject as well as the degree of Licentiate and in 1516 a doctorate in imperial law. Since 1517 professor and from 1518 dean of the legal faculty of the University of Cologne and at the same time canon in Cologne, Archbishop Hermann V von Wied appointed him vicar general in 1518, as he is attested to until 1526, and as Sigillifer in the archbishop's office . From 1526 he is listed as the Archbishop's Chancellor. Bernhard was a member of the university's faculty until 1526.
Bernhard von Hagen tried to reform within the church and fought together with the canon and Cardinal Johannes Gropper against the Protestantization attempts of the Archbishopric by Archbishop Hermann V. von Wied .
He bequeathed his fortune to his nephew Konrad Orth , also canon of Cologne. This in turn created a study foundation.
Funerary inscription
Bernhard was buried in Cologne Cathedral, on the first pillar of the southern nave. The epitaph was destroyed during the French Revolution. Only the grave inscription was passed on:
From Hagen Eximium Bernardum candida Pellus.
Sed hujus exortium Westphalia terra dedit.
Cuius in cgregio fuit inclyta corpore virtus.
Integritas fidei non violata sacrae.
O lugenda Dies atro nutanda Capillo.
Qua fera mors tantum Sustulit orbe decus.
Praepositus ad Andream, nec non Metropolitanae
Ecclesiae Coloniensis
Presbyter Canonicus, et Serenisimi Coloniensis
Cancellarius.
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Bernhard the noble vom Hagen takes on the heavenly home,
During the father's house was in the Westphalian district.
Standing out in body, inspired by splendid virtue, he has
keeps us intact holy faith.
The day is lamentable, and to draw with black paint:
Cruel death has robbed the world of such an ornament!
literature
- Hermann Keussen : Hagen, Bernhard vom . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 49, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, pp. 698-700.
- Hillenkamp: Bernhard von Hagen, Chancellor of the Electorate of Cologne and his nephew Konrad von Orth. In: Leaves for closer knowledge of Westphalia, year 12 1874, p. 107ff. Digitized
- Geseker Heimatblätter No. 231, November 1979, minutes of the meeting "Orth ab Hagen" on May 12, 1979 in Geseke, p. 67 f.
See also
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hagen, Bernhard von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Priest and Vicar General in Cologne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geseke |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1556 |
| Place of death | Cologne |