Christoph Stathmion

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Christoph Stathmion, painting by Hans Weyer, 1572

Christoph Stathmion also Christoph measure , measure or measure (* around 1508 / 1509 in Krumau am Kamp , Lower Austria , † in mid-April (Burial 24 April ) 1585 in Coburg ) was Coburg town doctor and significant astrologer and calendar makers of the 16th century.

After studying in Leipzig (from 1536) and working as a preceptor in Ingolstadt (from 1538), Stathmion was a city ​​physician in Coburg from 1544 until his death .

Act

Like many of his contemporaries convinced of the influence of the stars on earthly events and the human body, he wrote bloodletting calendars (leave tables, leaflets), annual forecasts (practices, prognoses) and horoscopes . His calendars, including an uninterrupted annual forecast from 1547 to 1585, were published by various printers, mainly in Nuremberg . In medical, astrological and theological publications, Stathmion did not shy away from controversy, as his argument with the Henneberg personal physician Thomas Erastus testifies. He maintained intensive correspondence with Philipp Melanchthon , who largely shared his views.

Stathmion provided both Duke Johann Friedrich I (the magnanimous) of Saxony and his son Johann Friedrich II (the middle) horoscopes. While in the case of Johann Friedrich I the prophesied release from captivity actually took place, Johann Friedrich II got so entangled in the Grumbachian trade - also under the influence of prophecies - that he not only lost his rights of rule, but also to the end had to remain in custody of his life.

literature

  • Axmann, Rainer: Melanchthon and its relationship with Coburg . In: Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation . 42 (1997) pp. 129-224, esp. Pp. 173-175, 179-193.
  • Barthel, Armin: Duke Johann Friedrich the Middle and Knight Wilhelm von Grumbach . In: Yearbook of the Coburg State Foundation . 1958, pp. 93-158.
  • Burmeister, Karl-Heinz: Achilles Pirmin Gasser, 1507-1577, doctor and natural scientist, historian and humanist . Volume 3. Wiesbaden 1975, pp. 102-103, pp. 107-109.
  • Mahlmann-Bauer, Barbara: The bull conta astrologiam iudiciarum by Sixtus V.… In: Future predictions in the Renaissance . Edited by Klaus Bergdolt and Walther Ludwig. Wiesbaden 2005, pp. 143-222, especially pp. 143-145.
  • Matthäus, Klaus: On the history of the Nuremberg calendar system . In: Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens 9 (1969) Sp. 965-1396, esp. Sp. 1080-1086.
  • Müller, Johann Sebastian: Of the Chur and Princely House of Saxony, Annales from Anno 1400 to 1700 (Saxon Annals). Leipzig 1701, p. 150.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Buy it, read it” - Calendar from back then  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.stadt.coburg.de  
  2. ↑ Proven by Ernst Zinner: History and bibliography of astronomical literature in Germany at the time of the Renaissance . Stuttgart 1964.
personal data
SURNAME Stathmion, Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maß, Christoph; Mass, Christoph; Maaß, Christoph (real name in different spellings)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and astrologer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1509
PLACE OF BIRTH Krumau am Kamp , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH April 1585
Place of death Coburg