Georg Scultetus
Georg Scultetus (actually Georg Schulz ; also Georg Skultetus von Lydda ; * around 1560 in Schönbrunn near Sagan , Kingdom of Bohemia ; † September 17, 1613 ) was titular bishop of Lydda ( Lyddensis ) and auxiliary bishop in Breslau from 1603 to 1613 .
Life
His parents were Michael Schulz and Hedwig, daughter of the Glogauer Stiftssyndikus Gregor Habicht. Two of his mother's brothers were pledged to the Breslau Cathedral .
Georg Schulz, who Latinized his family name in “Scultetus”, studied at the Olomouc Jesuit University . In 1577 the auxiliary bishop Adam Weisskopf from Breslau gave him the lower orders . In the same year he became a canon in Wroclaw and from 1581 pin canons in Glogau. From 1580 to 1586 he studied philosophy and theology in Rome, where he was an alumne of the Collegium Germanicum . On the journey home he received his doctorate in theology on April 21, 1586 at the University of Perugia . He then taught at the Neiss seminary. In 1594 he received a parish office in Kapsdorf near Trebnitz . Two years later he was elected abbot of the Wroclaw Premonstratensian Monastery of St. Vincent . The imperial confirmation he received in 1597 and on April 12, 1598 took place the benediction . Only then did he renounce his benefices.
On March 3, 1603 he was named titular bishop of Lydda and appointed auxiliary bishop in Breslau. The episcopal ordination granted him on January 6, 1604 Bishop Johann VI. von Sitsch in the Neisser St. Jakob Church. Many of his pontifical acts have survived. In 1606 he was appointed to the Imperial Council. On behalf of the emperor he took over an embassy to the Polish king Sigismund III in 1611 . Wasa .
literature
- Jan Copyc : Scultetus (Schulz), Georg (OPraem) (around 1560–1613) . In: Erwin Gatz : The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1448–1668 , ISBN 3-428-08422-5 , p. 657.
- Joseph Jungnitz : The auxiliary bishops of Breslau . Verlag von Franz Goerlich, Breslau 1914. pp. 97–109.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Weisskopf |
Auxiliary bishop in Breslau 1603–1613 |
Franz Ursinus |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scultetus, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schulz, Georg; Scultetus, Georg von Lydda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Titular Bishop of Lydda and Auxiliary Bishop in Breslau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1560 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schönbrunn near Sagan |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 17, 1613 |