Christoph Joest from Ketteler

Heraldic epitaph in Worms Cathedral

Close-up of the epitaph inscription

Christoph Joest von Ketteler zu Harkotten often also Christoph Jobst or Christophorus Jodocus (*  1661 ; †  January 5, 1735 ) was a canon at Worms Cathedral , whose epitaph of coat of arms has been preserved there.

origin

He came from the Westphalian noble family von Ketteler , line Harkotten and was the son of Caspar Heidenreich von Ketteler zu Harkotten and his wife Anna von Schade zu Salwey. His grandfather Goswin von Ketteler (1570–1646) was a canon in Münster .

Life

Christoph Joest von Ketteler embarked on a spiritual career, studied from 1679 at the University of Paderborn and in 1683 became cathedral chapter in Worms .

From 1715 until his death, von Ketteler also served as dean of the knight monastery in Wimpfen . As such, he was in contact with his contemporary, the historian Johann Friedrich Schannat , and provided him with information and documents about the history of the monastery. There he left 1725 a. a. make a ciborium with a dedication.

In 1733 he procured his great-nephew Clemens August von Ketteler (1720–1800), later cathedral provost in Münster , also a canon post in Worms. He was the grandson of his brother Goswin Caspar († 1719) and his wife Anna Dorothea von Korff-Schmising . His brother Johann Heidenreich (1669-1722) was a knight of the Teutonic Order . Christoph Joest von Ketteler zu Harkotten died in 1735 as the senior of the Worms cathedral chapter and was buried in the cathedral there, where he received a very elaborate and artistic coat of arms epitaph in the south transept. The inscription characterizes him as "humble and pious" .

The Mainz Bishop Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1811–1877) is a direct descendant of his brother Goswin Caspar von Ketteler zu Harkotten (great-great-great-grandson). The bishop's sister Maria Anna von Ketteler (1802–1884) is in turn the grandmother of the canonized Confessing Bishop and Cardinal Clemens August Graf von Galen (1878–1946).

literature

• Johann Friedrich Schannat : Historia episcopatus Wormatiensis , p. 11 ( digital scan ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marcus Weidner: Landadel in Münster 1600–1760 . City constitution, claim of status and royal court. tape 2 . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-402-06641-6 , p. 648 ( excerpt from the source ).
2. ↑ Dr. A from Lorent: Wimpfen am Neckar . tape 1 . Werther, Stuttgart 1870, 30 The Cornelienkirche, p. 325 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
3. ^ Fritz Arens: The inscriptions of the city of Wimpfen am Neckar . tape 4 , no. 2 . Druckmüller Verlag, 1958, p. 101 ( excerpt from the source, with a quote from the dedication ).
4. ↑ Johannes Freiherr von Boeselager: The Osnabrück canons of the 18th century . Wenner Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-87898-327-1 , p. 271 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
5. ^ Klaus Scholz: The diocese of Münster . The old cathedral St. Pauli monastery in Münster (=  Germania Sacra . Volume 33 ). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-11-014533-2 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
6. ^ Robert J. Sasse: Maria Anna Freiin von Kettler. (No longer available online.) In: rjsasse.de. January 15, 2015, archived from the original on March 24, 2016 ; accessed on May 17, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ Robert J. Sasse: Max Friedrich von Ketteler. (No longer available online.) In: rjsasse.de. January 15, 2015, archived from the original on June 1, 2016 ; accessed on May 17, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.