Brandanus Daetrius

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Brandanus Daetrius (born June 4, 1607 in Hamburg , † November 22, 1688 in Wolfenbüttel ; also Dätri Brandan ) was a German Lutheran theologian .

Life

The son of a typist and mathematician attended schools in his hometown and in Einbeck . From 1630 to 1636 he studied theology at the University of Helmstedt . He then spent two years Gesandtschafts preacher at the Swedish ambassador Hugo Grotius in Paris . He then took over a pastorate in Weende for a short time . In 1638 Daetrius became court preacher for Duke Georg in Hildesheim and Hanover . In 1643, as the successor to Michael Walther the Elder , he exercised this position with Count Ulrich in Aurich , connected with the Lutheran general superintendent. On March 14th of that year the University of Helmstedt appointed him doctor of theology. In 1646 Brandanus Daetrius became city ​​superintendent of Braunschweig . In 1662 Daetrius was appointed chief court preacher, consistorial director and abbot in Riddagshausen monastery . He is buried in the church of the monastery. Albertus Elers (1618–1680) followed him in 1648 as Lutheran general superintendent of East Frisia and court preacher .

Works

  • De corpore et sanguine Domini s. eucharistia reapse praesente , 1636
  • Philadelphia Christiana et al. Euchologia Christiana , 1682

literature

personal data
SURNAME Daetrius, Brandanus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brandan, Datri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1607
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1688
Place of death Wolfenbüttel