Heinrich Murer

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Heinrich Murer (actually Johann Heinrich Murer von Istein, born March 2, 1588 in Baden , Aargau ; † February 28, 1638 Ittingen Charterhouse , Thurgau ) was a Carthusian monk and historian.

Life

Preliminary drawing by Hans Asper the Elder J. In: Heinrich Murer: Helvetia Sancta . Ittingen Charterhouse, 1638. Frauenfeld, Cantonal Library Thurgau, Y 111, p. 7v.
Preliminary drawing by Hans Asper the Elder J .: St. Hymerius frees an island from a griffin . In: Heinrich Murer: Helvetia Sancta . Ittingen Charterhouse, 1638. Frauenfeld, Cantonal Library Thurgau, Y 111, p. 83v.

His parents were Junker Caspar Murer († 1588), captain in the French Swiss Gallati regiment, and Salome Bodmer (1564–1623) from Zurich . By remarrying his mother with the Lucerne banner lord and mayor Ludwig Pfyffer von Altishofen (1524–1594), he acquired Lucerne citizenship. He attended the Jesuit colleges in Lucerne (1602–1608) and Pruntrut and, like his half-brothers, Christoph and Hans Ludwig Pfyffer von Altishofen, studied philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris . Joined the Ittingen Charterhouse in 1613 , he made his profession in 1614. His half-brother Johann Ludwig Pfyffer bequeathed the monastery a donation of 12,000 guilders, the "Donatio Pfyfferiana", as well as a foundation for the reconstruction of the monastery which was destroyed by the Ittingen storm . From 1628 until his death, Heinrich Murer was procurator of the Ittingen Charterhouse. In addition, he wrote numerous ecclesiastical historical writings that were conceived as parts of his unfinished main work Theatrum Ecclesiasticum Helvetiorum (“spiritual arena of Helvetia”). His major work, with engravings by Rudolf Meyer provided Helvetia Sancta , appeared at the instigation of Ittinger Priors Bruno Müller (ca. 1569-1651), who Murer dedicated a biographical sketch, 1648 at David Hautt in Lucerne.

Helvetia Sancta

Despite his demanding office of economic monastery management, Murer wrote the "Helvetia Sancta", which only came out in 1648 with 38 copperplate engravings and in 1751 saw a second edition. The 432-page work describes the lives of numerous Swiss saints, blessed and Catholic dignitaries in chronological order of their death. The rich illustrations were made by Rudolf Meyer from Zurich based on models by Hans Asper the Elder. J. (died approx. 1655) engraved. The illustrated manuscripts of the "Theatrum Ecclestiasticum Helvetiorum" (description of monasteries, foundations and dioceses) in 23 volumes have been in the possession of the Thurgau Cantonal Library since the secularization of the Thurgau monasteries in the 19th century , as well as the manuscript and the printing of Helvetia Sancta as well the manuscript of the Breve Chronicon Ittingense (copies in the State Archives of the Canton of Zurich and in the Central and University Library Lucerne ).

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  1. ↑ Helvetia sancta seu paradisus sanctorum Helvetiae florum: that is a holy, funny flower garden and Paradeiss der Heyligen [...] not only in Schweitzerland, but also in neighboring places lit up / drawn together and described by weyland the venerable and wolf scholar Mr. PF Henricum Murer [...]; Drawn with beautiful illustrations and copper pieces, sampt detailed registers of all Heyligen . Hautt, Lucern; Vienna 1648.


personal data
SURNAME Murer, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann Heinrich Murer of Istein
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Carthusian monk and historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1588
PLACE OF BIRTH Baden , Canton of Aargau
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1638
Place of death Ittingen Charterhouse , Canton Thurgau