Hermann Thyraeus

Hermann Thyraeus SJ (* 1532 in Neuss ; † October 26, 1591 in Mainz ) was a German theologian and member of the Jesuit order.

He was born as Hermann Dorckens and called himself Latinized Thyraeus. He was sent to Rome from his home diocese of Cologne and lived as one of the first students in the Collegium Germanicum, established in 1552 . After studying theology, he was ordained priest in Rome in 1556 . The founder of the order Ignatius of Loyola accepted him into the Society of Jesus in the same year . He worked in the context of the Counter Reformation operated by the order in various leading positions.

Hermann Thyraeus initially worked as a theology lecturer in Ingolstadt . From 1560 to 1567 he was a preacher at the Church of Our Lady in Trier , and from 1567 to 1571 cathedral preacher in Trier. He was considered a theologically accomplished preacher and good speaker, so that he attracted many listeners. From 1564 he was also rector of the Trier Jesuit school . He had a close and good relationship with the Archbishop of Trier and Elector Jakob von Eltz and supported his efforts to push back the Reformation , namely on the express instructions of the episcopal in Neumagen .

In 1571 Thyraeus was elected Provincial of the Rhenish Jesuit Province and headed the province until April 1588. He then became Rector of the Mainz Jesuit College ; he held this office until shortly before his death.

His brother Peter Thyraeus (1546–1601) also joined the Society of Jesus and published numerous theological works as a professor in Würzburg.

Fonts

Hermann Thyraeus wrote several controversial theological writings and collections of sermons. In print appeared:

De Religose Libertate et Confessione Augustana . Dillingen 1567.

literature

Baltasar Fischer: The first Trier cathedral preachers from the Society of Jesus 1560-1607. In: For God and the people. The Society of Jesus and its work in the Archdiocese of Trier. Published by the Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum Trier and the library of the Episcopal Seminary Trier, Mainz 1991, pp. 255–271.
Johann Friedrich von Schulte: Thyraeus, Hermann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 237 f.

Individual evidence

↑ Victor Conzemius: Jakob III. von Eltz 1567–1581. An elector in the age of the Counter Reformation. Wiesbaden 1956, p. 16 and Ferdinand Pauly : From the history of the Diocese of Trier. Third part. Trier 1973, p. 16; quoted by: Baltasar Fischer: The first Trier cathedral preachers from the Society of Jesus 1560-1607. In: For God and the people. Mainz 1991, pp. 255–271, here p. 263, note 53.
↑ Baltasar Fischer: The first Trier cathedral preachers from the Society of Jesus 1560-1607. In: For God and the people. Mainz 1991, pp. 255-271, here p. 263ff.

personal data
SURNAME	Thyraeus, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theologian and member of the Jesuit order
DATE OF BIRTH	1532
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neuss
DATE OF DEATH	October 26, 1591
Place of death	Mainz

[1] Victor Conzemius: Jakob III. von Eltz 1567–1581. An elector in the age of the Counter Reformation. Wiesbaden 1956, p. 16 and Ferdinand Pauly : From the history of the Diocese of Trier. Third part. Trier 1973, p. 16; quoted by: Baltasar Fischer: The first Trier cathedral preachers from the Society of Jesus 1560-1607. In: For God and the people. Mainz 1991, pp. 255–271, here p. 263, note 53.

[2] Baltasar Fischer: The first Trier cathedral preachers from the Society of Jesus 1560-1607. In: For God and the people. Mainz 1991, pp. 255-271, here p. 263ff.