Dietrich Coelde
Dietrich Coelde (* around 1435 in Münster ; † December 11, 1515 in Leuven ) was a Franciscan and popular preacher . Other names under which he became known: Dietrich Kolde , Dirk Kolde , Dietrich von Münster , Dietrich von Osnabrück .
Life
Dietrich Coelde was the son of the patrician Hermann Coelde. The master of the merchants' guild Heinrich Coelde was his brother. Little is known about Coelde's childhood and youth.
Coelde came as Augustinian - a hermit from the monastery Osnabrück to the University of Cologne , where he studied theology . At the age of about 20 Coelde changed the order and in 1455 joined the Franciscan Observants of the Cologne Franciscan Province ( Colonia ). He probably completed his novitiate in Hamm (Westphalia) .
He then worked in the Bodendaal monastery and cared for many sick people in nearby Brussels during the plague epidemic in 1488/1489 . These were of course also looked after by him in pastoral care. In 1491 he was called to Brühl , and Archbishop Heinrich IV of Cologne appointed Coelde as Praedicator generalis for the Rhineland and Westphalia.
In 1497 he was promoted to Guardian . From 1508 he worked in Antwerp for two years and was transferred to Leuven in 1510 . In large parts of the Netherlands Coelde was active as a penitential preacher.
The success of his most important work, Der Christenspiegel , (Original: “ Der kerstenen spegel ”) is due to the fact that it was printed in Dutch , Low German and Ripuarian versions . He revised this catechetical text several times and published it under various titles such as Kerstenspiegel . It is considered one of the most outstanding Christian instruction books.
Erasmus von Rotterdam admired Coelde very much and the humanist Rudolf von Langen described Coelde as the most successful sower of God's word . Dietrich Coelde died in Leuven on December 11, 1515 at the age of about 80.
In 1952, part of the new inner city ring of the city of Münster was called Kolde-Ring .
Works
- The Christian mirror . 1470
- De corte doerenen crone ons heren Jhesu Christi . 1496 (excerpt from the Christian mirror)
- Van der minnen Jesus end Mary . 1490
literature
- Friedrich A. Groeteken : Dietrich Koelde von Munster, a hero of words and deeds in Germany. At his 500th year of birth and 420th year of death . Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 1935
- Karl Zuhorn : New contributions to the life story of Dietrich Koldes . Werl: Franziskus - Dr., 1941. (Reprinted separately from: Franziskanische Studien. 28th vol., H. 2-4)
- Sophronius Clasen OFM: Coelde, Dietrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 307 ( digitized version ).
- Eduard Aander Heyden .: Coelde, Dietrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, pp. 386-388.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : COELDE, Dietrich (Latinized: Theodoricus a Monasterio; French: Thierry de Munster; also Dietrich Kolde). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1075-1077.
Web links
- Literature by and about Dietrich Coelde in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Dietrich Coelde in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coelde, Dietrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kolde, Dirk; Dietrich von Munster; Dietrich von Osnabrück |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch preacher and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1435 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1515 |
| Place of death | Lions |