Gerhard Eobanus Geldenhauer
Gerhard Eobanus Geldenhauer , called Noviomagus, (* 1537 in Marburg , † March 4, 1614 in Neckarelz ) was a master's degree and Protestant theologian.
His parents were the professor theology Gerhard Geldenhauer (1482–1542), his mother Anna von Wurmb . He himself was married several times: his first wife is unknown. his second wife was the widow of a judge in Deidesheim / Pfalz and his third and last the daughter of a miller from Steinbach / Baden.
From 1550 studies of theology in Marburg, from 1559 chaplain in Marburg, co-author of the Hessian church ordinance 1566. Through Count Johann VI. von Nassau-Dillenburg called to Herborn as pastor in 1569 . As superintendent of the county of Nassau-Dillenburg (from 1572) he founded the reformed church system here. Author of the Nassau church agendas 1574, which prepared the transition from the Lutheran to the Calvinist confession, from 1578 court preacher and church councilor in Dillenburg , from 1579 to 1581 pastor in Wilnsdorf . Because adultery , which he accused himself in 1582 on Castle Liebenscheid jailed. 1583 pastor in Leer / Ostfriesland , from 1584 in Emden , 1590 to 1597 in Neuhausen near Worms , from 1597 in Neckarelz.
literature
- Renkhoff, Otto: Nassau biography. Wiesbaden, 1992, p. 223.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Cuno: Noviomagus, Gerhard Eobanus Geldenhauer, called . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 47.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geldenhauer, Gerhard Eobanus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gerhardus Eobanus Geldenhaurius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Magister and Protestant theologian, founder of the reformed church system in Nassau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1537 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1614 |
| Place of death | Neckarelz |