Hierotheus Confluentinus

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Title page, first edition of the Capuchin Chronicle "Provincia Rhenana" , Mainz, 1735
Title page “Epitome historica” , Heidelberg, 1750
Map of the Rhenish Capuchin Province , from "Provincia Rhenana" by Hierotheus Confluentinus, 1735

Hierotheus Confluentinus OFMCap , born Johann Michael Stammel (born September 7, 1682 in Koblenz , † March 21, 1766 in Trier ) was a Catholic priest from Kurtrier , Capuchin, religious writer and chronicler of his order.

Live and act

Hierotheus Confluentinus was the eldest son of a total of 6 children, the Koblenz-based, Kurtrier customs clerk Philipp Eberhard Stammel and his wife Katharina Räter. Born under the name of Johann Michael Stammel, he joined the Capuchin Order on September 12, 1698, where he was given the new name Hierotheus Confluentinus according to the tradition of the order . This was made up of an ecclesiastical nickname combined with the name of the place of origin, in his case Koblenz or Confluentes , the Latin translation.

Cardinal (since 1713) Damian Hugo von Schönborn , at that time Landkomtur of the Teutonic Order in Alden-Biesen, elected him in 1716 as his confessor . In 1719 Cardinal Schönborn became Prince-Bishop of Speyer ; Father Hierotheus remained in his immediate environment as an advisor and confidante. In 1721 Schönborn took the Capuchin as his companion to the conclave and to the election of Pope Innocent XIII. to Rome with.

In 1723 he attended the 34th provincial chapter of the order in Mainz as definitor . Just a year later, Father Hierotheus Confluentinus had to give up his position of trust with Cardinal Schönborn because the provincial chapter had appointed him custodian for the general chapter. On August 29, 1727, the 36th Provincial Chapter elected him Provincial of the Rhenish Capuchin Province, based in Mainz . He remained in this office, re-elected several times, with interruptions, until 1757. In addition, he was also guardian (head) of the Capuchin monastery in Koblenz . In 1764 he retired to the Capuchin Convent in Trier (by today's thermal baths at the Viehmarkt ), where he died.

Writer and historian

The significance of Father Hierotheus today lies in his literary work. In addition to purely religious works, such as "Tractatus bipartitus de sacro-sancto missae sacrificio" (1759), he also wrote church historical writings, which represent an important historical source for southwest Germany. This includes in particular the Chronicle of the Rhenish Capuchin Province, published in 1735 and reissued in 1750, in several sub-volumes, which records many historical details about the province, the individual monasteries, but also a large number of individual biographies of the religious employed there. It bears the title "Provincia Rhenana fratrum minorum Capuzinorum a fundationis suae primordiis usque ad annum 1734" , is written in Latin and is repeatedly cited as a historical source. It mainly contains information about the branches in Alzey , Aschaffenburg , Bacharach , Bensheim , Bernkastel , Bingen , Bornhofen , Bruchsal , Dieburg , Engelberg , Koblenz , Cochem , Frankenthal , Frankfurt am Main , Grünstadt , Heidelberg , Hemsbach , Karlsruhe , Königstein im Taunus , Ladenburg , Lohr am Main , Mainz , Mannheim , Neuleiningen , Neustadt an der Weinstrasse , Philippsburg , Rüdesheim-Nothgottes , Sachsenhausen , Speyer , Trier , Waghäusel , Walldürn , Wertheim and Worms included.

Further historical writings are “Epitome historica, in qua res Franciscanae generatim” , about the general history of the Franciscans and Capuchins up to 1747 (1750) and “Manipulus Confluentinarum memorabilium rerum” , about historical events in his hometown Koblenz (1753).

Works available online

  • Provincia Rhenana fratrum minorum Capuzinorum a fundationis suae primordiis usque ad annum 1734 ( digitized version )
  • Epitome historica, in qua res Franciscanae generatim ( digitized version )
  • Manipulus Confluentinarum memorabilium rerum ( digital copy )

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source on the exact date of death
  2. ↑ Source on the provincial seat in Mainz
  3. ↑ Entry on the former Capuchin monastery on the cattle market (place where Father Hierotheus died) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on February 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ To the Alzey Capuchin Monastery
  5. ↑ To the Capuchin Monastery of Aschaffenburg ( Memento from July 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ To the Bacharach Capuchin Monastery
  7. ↑ To the Capuchin monastery in Bensheim ( Memento from September 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ To the Capuchin monastery Bernkastel
  9. ↑ To the Capuchin monastery in Bingen
  10. ↑ To the Bruchsal Capuchin Monastery ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ^ About the Dieburg Capuchin Monastery ( Memento from January 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ To the Capuchin Monastery of Cochem
  13. ↑ To the Capuchin Monastery Heidelberg ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ To the Capuchin Monastery in Mainz
  15. ↑ To the Capuchin Monastery in Mannheim
personal data
SURNAME Confluentinus, Hierotheus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stammel, Johann Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic priest, Capuchin, historian, writer and religious provincial
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1682
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1766
Place of death trier