Hermann von der Schulenburg (Capuchin)
Hermann Graf von der Schulenburg , religious name Ludovicus (* August 8, 1829 on the manor Emden near Magdeburg; † April 6, 1865 in Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein ) was a Prussian officer who converted to the Catholic Church and became a Capuchin .
Life
origin
Hermann came from the Prussian noble family von der Schulenburg from the House of Emden. He was the son of the later Prussian Lieutenant General Hermann von der Schulenburg (1794-1860) and his wife Auguste, née von Eickstedt (1796-1860). The grandfather Alexander von der Schulenburg-Emden officiated 1807 to 1812 in Magdeburg as prefect of the Elbe department in the Kingdom of Westphalia .
biography
Schulenburg also embarked on a military career and became a Prussian officer. He converted from the Protestant faith to the Catholic Church, studied theology in Mainz and entered the Rhenish-Westphalian province of the Capuchin Order there in 1859. He spent his novitiate in Werne Monastery . The count adopted the religious name "Ludovikus" and was ordained a priest. In 1863 he published a biography of Saint Lawrence of Brindisi in Mainz , which he had compiled, compiled and translated into German from a French biography of the Capuchin.
Father Schulenburg suffered from poor health and became seriously ill, which is why his superiors transferred him to the Capuchin monastery in Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein to convalesce . He died there in 1865, at the age of 35.
Works
- The life of Blessed Laurentius of Brundusium, General of the Capuchin Order . Kirchheim, Mainz 1863 archive.org ; Reprint 2010, Kessinger Pub, ISBN 1-160-05903-9
literature
- David August Rosenthal : Convertite pictures from the nineteenth century. Volume 1, Part 3, p. 158, Schaffhausen 1872.
- Johann Friedrich Danneil : The gender of the Schulenburg . Volume 2. Salzwedel 1847, p. 591. books.google.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Eduard Maria Oettinger: Moniteur des Dates , Volume 2, Dresden, 1867, page 41; (Digital scan)
- ^ Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 284–285, no. 1901.
- ^ Aschaffenburger Zeitung. No. 198 of August 22, 1859 (digital scan)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schulenburg, Hermann von der |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schulenburg, Hermann Graf von der; Schulenburg, Hermann Friedrich Karl Alexander von der; Schulenburg, Ludovikus von der (religious name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian officer and Capuchin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1829 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Emden (Altenhausen) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 1865 |
| Place of death | Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein |