Georg Saluz

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Georg Saluz (* 1571 in Jenaz ; † January 20, 1645 in Chur , authorized to reside in Lavin and Chur) was a Swiss Reformed clergyman , dean in the church association and reformer in the canton of Grisons .

Life

Georg Saluz, a grandson of Philipp Gallicius , was born in Jenaz in 1571 and studied Protestant theology in Zurich. He married Ursula Widmann from Zurich as early as 1590. In the same year he was accepted into the Evangelical-Rhaetian Synod ; thus he was allowed to work as a pastor in the Free State of the Three Leagues . In the same year he took over the pastoral position in Seewis in Prättigau , which had only recently accepted the Reformed faith after several disputes. At the same time he was appointed pastor in Grüsch . Three years later, he was also given the pastor's post in Schuders , which he retained for no more than a year. In 1602 he gave up his parish work in Grüsch. Four years later, in 1606, he was appointed pastor to St. Martin's Church in Chur and to Antistes , which he held until his death in 1645. In 1624 he was also dean of the Church of God.

Saluz introduced the Reformation in various Graubünden villages, for example in Untervaz (1611), Zizers (1612), in Trimmis (1613) and in Haldenstein (1613), in which he was told by secular Mr. Thomas von Schauenstein and his colleague in Chur at the Regulakirche Johann Pontisella was supported.

In the time of the Bündner turmoil he stood by and supported the reformed church of the canton; however, he could not prevent the ban on religious denominations in Valtellina , Chiavenna and Bormio . In 1618 the Thusner criminal court sentenced him to a fine of 200 gold guilders because he had not fought the Spanish Alliance. The Chur criminal court acquitted him of this fine in 1619; however, the Venice-influenced criminal court in Davos confirms it again. At that time he was banned from church service for a year, but the people of Chur did not abandon their pastor.

In addition to the church, Saluz was also interested in medicine and surgery , advocated for plague sufferers and described the Gany spa in Prättigau and its healing effects. Saluz died on January 20, 1645 in Chur.

Erich Wenneker describes Saluz as a “capable and popular” pastor. Because he was considered very strong, stories were told about him while he was alive. He made a special contribution to the Synod, as he participated in criminal courts at the time of the turmoil in Graubünden and thus defended Reformedism. He also took part in internal synodal conflicts, albeit cautiously.

Works

  • Catechism, that is: brief report / of the Christian faith / most important points [...] For the youth of the city of Chur / in old freyer Rhaetia , 1617 (3 new editions)
  • Lychprredigt on Numbers 27, verses 12-17 in: The Christian life and blissful death of Colonel Johann Gulker von Wyneck , described by Fortunat spokesman von Bernegg , without location 1637
  • Kurtze description of the perfect bath, called Ganey, in Prätigöw , Chur 1749

literature

  • Michael Valèr: The evangelical clergy at Martinskirche in Chur from the beginning of the Reformation to the present day , Manatschal & Ebner, Chur 1919. P. 68–76: Dean Georg Saluz and the Reformation in Untervaz 1611
  • Andres Loretz : Christian corpse sermon on the death of the noble, venerable, highly learned Mr. Georg von Saluz (Zurich 1646)
  • Hans Berger: The Chur pastor Georg Saluz (1571–1645), his colleagues and his time . In: Annual report of the Historisch-Antiquarian Gesellschaft von Graubünden 91 (1961), 102 pp.
  • Erich Wenneker :  Saluz, Georg. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 1251-1253.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • E. Bloesch: History of the Swiss Reformed Church, Volume 1, 2013, ISBN 978-3-73400-023-2 , pp. 395-397

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the Evangelical Reformed Church Haldenstein
  2. ^ Daniel Saluz: Saluz, Georg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ Michael Valèr: The evangelical clergy at the Martinskirche in Chur from the beginning of the Reformation to the present , Manatschal & Ebner, Chur 1919. P. 68–76: Dean Georg Saluz and the Reformation in Untervaz 1611
personal data
SURNAME Saluz, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss reformed clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH 1571
PLACE OF BIRTH Jenaz
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1645
Place of death Chur