Daniel Tossanus the Younger
Daniel Tossanus the Younger (also Toussaint ; born March 1, 1590 in Mömpelgard ; † October 3, 1655 in Heidelberg ) was a German Reformed theologian.
Life
Tossanus' grandfather was the reformer of the county of Württemberg-Mömpelgard Peter Tossanus (Pierre Toussaint de Beaumont), his father Samuel Tossanus also a pastor in this county. Tossanus' uncle Daniel Tossanus the Elder worked as a pastor and theology professor in Heidelberg from 1582.
After completing his studies, Tossanus became a teacher in 1615 and vice-principal in 1619 at the Neuhausen monastery near Worms and in 1621 at the Sapienzkolleg in Heidelberg. Expelled in 1622 when Heidelberg was conquered by the troops led by Johann T'Serclaes von Tilly , he worked from 1624 to 1627 as a preacher in the Walloon community in Frankenthal . In 1627 he received the rectorate of the grammar school in Basel . In 1650 he returned as Ephorus to the Sapienzkolleg in Heidelberg, where he also became a preacher for the Walloon community, professor of theology and church councilor. He gave the speech at the reopening of Heidelberg University.
One of Tossanus' daughters, Maria Elisabeth (1648–1697), was married to the theology professor Reinhold Pauli from 1666 .
Fonts (selection)
- Johannis Buxtorfii senioris , linguae sanctae in Academia Basileensi professoris publici, vita et mors . Basel 1639 (new edition: Des Johann Buxtorf senior, professor of sacred language at the Academy of Basel Life and Death . Hamm 1978).
- Heidelberga Constituta, Destituta, Restituta. Sive Oratio Votiva: qua Post varias Heidelbergae, Totiusque Palatinatus vicissitudines Serenissimo Principi, ac Domino, Domino Carolo Ludovico… Hanoviae: Ammonius, 1650
literature
- Tossanus, Fr. Toussain, (Daniel). In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 44, Leipzig 1745, column 1619 f.
- Martin Rudolph: Daniel Tossanus . In: Ders .: Tossanus, (Toussain de Beaumont) . (German Family Archives; 156). Insingen, 2010, pp. 182-189, 203-205 ISBN 978-3-7686-5205-6 .
Web links
- Tossanus, Daniel. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Works by and about Daniel Tossanus the Younger in the German Digital Library
- Digitized works by Tossanus in the Post-Reformation Digital Library (PRDL)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tossanus, Daniel the Younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Toussaint de Beaumont, Daniel; Toussaint, Daniel; Toussain, Daniel; Toussain de Beaumont, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German reformed theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1590 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mömpelgard , County of Württemberg-Mömpelgard , Holy Roman Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1655 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg , Electoral Palatinate , Holy Roman Empire |