Hieronymus Annoni

Memorial plaque within the curtain wall of the fortified church St. Arbogast in Muttenz, Basel-Country

Hieronymus Annoni , also d'Annone , (born September 12, 1697 in Basel , † October 10, 1770 in Muttenz ) was a Reformed theologian and hymn poet from Switzerland and is considered the founder of Basel Pietism .

Life

He was born the son of a watchmaker and councilor; his ancestors had fled the Tanaro valley in Piedmont for reasons of faith . After studying theology at the University of Basel , he came to Pietism as a private tutor in Schaffhausen and deepened his convictions by traveling through Switzerland (1729, 1730–31), Germany (1732–33, 1736) and the Netherlands (1736), on which he met with leading pietists. In 1740 he became pastor in Waldenburg BL and in 1747 in Muttenz.

Annoni was best known for his preaching work. In 1756 he founded a Society of Good Friends , which became the forerunner of the German Christianity Society founded in 1780 by Johann August Urlsperger in Basel .

In the hymnal of the Evangelical Reformed churches of German-speaking Switzerland by 1998 two songs are included from Annoni, namely bless us by the Lord (no. 350) and Help, A and O (no. 549).

literature

Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Annoni (d'Annone), Hieronymus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 180-181. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Ulrich Gäbler : Annoni, Hieronymus. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Hildegard Gantner-Schlee, Hieronymus Annoni 1697-1770. A trailblazer for Basel Pietism (= sources and research on the history and regional studies of the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Volume 77), Basel 2001
Hildegard Gantner-Schlee, A sermon in penance at the time of mass . Comment on: Hieronymus Annoni, The earthly mess stuff . Ephesians 5:16. In: thirty, sixty, hundredfold. Basel sermons from six centuries. Edited by Katrin Kusmierz and Niklaus Peter, Zurich 2004.
Paul Pressel : Annoni, Hieronymus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 475 f.
On the trail of the right faith . An educational trip through Alsace, the Netherlands, Bohemia and Germany. Hieronymus Annoni's travel diary from 1736. Edited by Johannes Burkardt, Hildegard Gantner-Schlee and Michael Knieriem , Zurich 2006.

Web links

Publications by and about Hieronymus Annoni in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
Literature by and about Hieronymus Annoni in the catalog of the German National Library
Hieronymus Annoni's estate in the University Library of Basel

personal data
SURNAME	Annoni, Hieronymus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	d'Annone, Hieronymus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss Reformed theologian and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH	September 12, 1697
PLACE OF BIRTH	Basel
DATE OF DEATH	October 10, 1770
Place of death	Muttenz