Erasmus Neustetter called striker
Erasmus Neustetter called Stürmer , also Neustädter, (born November 7, 1523 in Schönfeld , † December 3, 1594 in Würzburg ) was a Catholic scholar, theologian, canon , humanist and patron.
origin
The Neustädter family called Stürmer belonged to the Frankish imperial knighthood . His father was Sebastian Neustetter, his mother Elisabeth, née von Wolmershausen . His brothers were called Pankratz (1510–1557) and Ernst († 1565), he had a nephew named Johann Christoph (1570–1638). This was u. a. Provost of Bamberg and died in 1638 as the last of his line. According to the genealogy of Johann Gottfried Biedermann , Erasmus Neustetter sat called Stürmer zu Schönfeld , Mistelbach , Sachsendorf and Bilgendorf.
Life dates
Studies
Erasmus Neustetter called striker grew up with the related Würzburg canon Daniel Stiebar von Buttenheim (1503–1555). He acquired extensive knowledge of old and new languages. Educational trips took him to Italy, France and the Netherlands. He studied at the University of Leiden and later at the University of Bologna , but without obtaining an academic title.
Promotion to high offices
Erasmus held various spiritual offices in the Würzburg area and was later entrusted with other tasks. From 1559 to 1564 he was a district judge at the imperial district court in Würzburg . On behalf of the prince-bishop he was envoy to negotiations in the Second Margrave War in 1553 and in connection with the Grumbach trade in 1563. He was involved in various reforms in both spiritual and secular institutions, successfully introducing financial and administrative changes. In 1567 he was a member of the Secret Council of the Würzburg Monastery. With a permission obtained in Rome from Pope Julius III. he carried out visitations and reforms in the monasteries of the diocese of Würzburg . He became provost of Haug Abbey in 1559 and of Gangolf Abbey in 1565 . He was also one of the Bamberg canons . In later years Erasmus held the office of rector of the re-established University of Würzburg from 1589 to 1591 .
Retreat to Comburg
Erasmus took a partially critical position in the politics of the prince-bishops. His upbringing was shaped by humanistic values. With regard to the recatholicization , which the bishops were persistently pursuing , he took the position of the Irish . He also did not share the view that the Jesuits should be resettled in Würzburg in order to revive the faith. Differences in financial matters also contributed to a tense relationship with Prince-Bishop Friedrich von Wirsberg and his successor Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn . Erasmus increasingly withdrew from daily politics.
As early as 1545 Erasmus had become the canon of the Comburg knight's monastery . He was promoted to dean in 1551 and became provost in 1583. At the Comburg , Erasmus pursued the ambitious goal of designing the castle according to the ideas of the Heavenly Jerusalem through numerous building measures , the Kreuzgarten should become a paradise garden . He succeeded in setting up an important scholarly library, in addition he acquired the book inventory of Oswald von Eck , the remains of which are kept in the Württemberg State Library. He maintained contacts with Petrus Lotichius Secundus , Joachim Camerarius the Elder , Paul Melissus , Johannes Posthius , Franciscus Modius and Johannes Franciscus Ripensis . As a patron , he promoted young writers and musicians. Beliefs took a back seat to creative work. In his will he gave four penniless theology students a scholarship .
Tomb in the Würzburg Cathedral
Erasmus was buried in the Würzburg Cathedral . The traditional funeral sermon was given by the Jesuit Nicolaus Serarius . In the nave of the cathedral are his bronze tombstone and his epitaph . They come from the hand of the artist Erhard Barg , who was probably also responsible for another monument in honor of Erasmus. This originally stood in the Bartholomäuskirche in Hollfeld and is now exhibited in the Diocesan Museum Bamberg .
literature
- Franz Xaver von Wegele : Neustetter, Erasmus von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 557 f.
- Claus Bernet : Neustetter, Erasmus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Sp. 1047-1054.
- Stefan Römmelt: Erasmus Neustetter, called striker (1523–1594). Fränkische Lebensbilder, 18, Neustadt ad Aisch 2000 (= publications of the Society for Franconian History, Series VII A, 18), pp. 33–54.
- Friedrich Wachter: General-Personal-Schematismus of the Archdiocese of Bamberg 1007-1907. An addition to the jubilee year of the foundation of the diocese . Bamberg 1908, p. 343, no.7087.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ see also list of Frankish knight families # W
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SURNAME | Erasmus Neustetter called striker |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neustädter, called striker |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic scholar, theologian, humanist, patron |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1523 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Schönfeld |
DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1594 |
Place of death | Wurzburg |