Conradin Riola

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Conradin Riola (also Conradino Riolano ; * probably 1667 or 1670 in Sent ; † 1743 in Ftan ) was a Swiss Reformed clergyman and theological writer.

Life

Conradin Riola came from Sent and probably had a younger brother named Joannes in Graubünden's Lower Engadine . From 1686 he can be proven as a student in Zurich and was probably trained by a clergyman. In Ilanz he was accepted by the Evangelical-Rhaetian Synod on June 22, 1690. This allowed him to work as a pastor in the Free State of the Three Leagues .

In 1693 Riola received a pastor's post in his home village Sent. In 1711 he moved to Ftan, where he worked until his death in 1743. He left four sons. His son of the same name is considered the most important Rhaeto-Romanic poet of the first half of the 18th century.

Act

Frontispiece of the Martyrology

Riola is known as a theological writer. He wrote several works. Since his call to Ftan, he has written in Romansh . His first work, Trommeta spirituala , in German spiritual trumpet , appeared in 1709 and is considered to be his main work. In it he judged negative traits of churchgoers, especially sleeping and snoring during the sermon. To this end, he collected speeches and poems against such churchgoers.

Another work, a translation, appeared in 1718, Martyrologium . Riola translated and edited the two volumes Le livre des martyrs by Jean Crespin , in which details of those who were persecuted and killed for reasons of faith in Europe were given about their lives and the way of death. Only the part of this work that covers the period up to 1560 was published. This font was still important to Graubünden historians around the middle of the 19th century.

Works

  • Trommeta spirituala per excitar tots dormenzats pecchiaders, in special quels chi dormen in baselgia & chiesa da Deis. (Strada 1709)
  • Guadong incomparable chi fa il christian fidel in sia mort. In üna christiana praedgia funerala pro la sepultüra del juven Ulrici Stupan propandü di 2 julij 1716 (Strada 1716, translation)
  • Jean Crespin, Martyrologium magnum or il Cudesch grand dels martyrs (Strada 1718; online )
  • Il desideri dals oels cun dolur tut davent or christiana predgia funerala fatta the 2nd aprilis ano 1725 sün la funeratiun dal corp da Anna C. Stupan (Scuol 1725)

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sent-online.ch gives 1667 as the date of birth, e-lir.ch 1670. sent-online.ch also gives the place of birth, Sent. No date of birth is given in the BBKL, but reference is made to Sent as the place of origin.
  2. ↑ Lexicon istoric retic (e-lir.ch) as well as Rausch's history of the literature of the Rhaeto-Romanic people (1870)
personal data
SURNAME Riola, Conradin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riolano, Conradino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss reformed clergyman and theological writer
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: 1667 or 1670
PLACE OF BIRTH Sent
DATE OF DEATH 1743
Place of death Ftan