Dionysius of Luxembourg

Dionysius of Luxembourg (* around 1652 in Luxembourg ; † February 11, 1703 in Cochem ) was a Capuchin and religious folk writer .

Life

On May 1, 1669, Dionysius entered the Rhenish Capuchin Province, and from April 1672 studied philosophy and theology in the order of Bingen and Mainz . There and in other more important monasteries, such as in Ehrenbreitstein or the Trier Capuchin Convent , he became a respected preacher . He initially held the post of Guardian in the Capuchin Monastery of Worms (1690–91), then in Bensheim (1699–1702) and from autumn 1702 in the Capuchin Monastery in Cochem . In addition to Martin von Cochem and in his mindset, Dionysius developed a lively literary activity through the publication of polemical , catechetical , ascetic , hagiographic , legendary and homiletic works , some of which were often published, "in an uninhibitedly popular style of splendid freshness [...], their whole tone can still be regarded today as a model of linguistic primal force ”, but is by no means the“ actual literary precursor ”( Johannes Mumbauer ), but a follower and follower of the older Martin von Cochem. Because of his first work Leben Antichristi (Frankfurt 1682), which was often published up until the end of the 18th century, he is one of the last representatives of medieval prophecy .

Works

• Neue Legend der Heiligen , Frankfurt 1684, many ed., Esp. In the new edition. by Martin von Cochem
• Art never to sin ... Description of the four last things des people , Ellwangen 1685
• Annual six-day exercise , Dillingen 1687
• Safe Himmels-Weeg , Dillingen 1687
• Discovered Höllen-Weeg , ibid. 1688
• The great Marian. Calender , ibid. 1695, 1727
• The great catechism , Mainz 1698, 1727
• The golden legend of Christ , Frankfurt 1698
• The golden legend of Our Dear Women , ibid. 1698, 1727.

literature

• Hierotheus Confluentinus, Provincia Rhenana Fratrum Min. Capucinorum, Heidelberg 1735, 21750
• Bernardus a Bononia, Bibl. Scriptorum Ord. Min. S. Francisci Capuccinorum, Venice 1747
• Franz Xaver Kraus :  Dionysius of Luxembourg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 248.
• Bonaventure von Mehr, The Preaching in d. Cologne. u. Rhine. Capuchin Prov. in the 17th and 18th century, Rome 1945 (L)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Dionysius of Luxembourg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1324f ..