Jacob Madsen Vejle
Jakob Madsen Vejle (also: Jacob Matthias Villus, Jacon Matthiesen Viellg ; * July 24, 1538 in Vejle ; † September 24, 1606 in Odense ) was a Danish Protestant bishop of Funen .
Life
Jakob Madsen was the son of the mayor in Vejle Nils Madsen († 1539) and his wife Ellen (Lene) Kristen († 1556), the daughter of the mayor Nils Kristen in Varde . He had initially attended school in his hometown. In 1548 he moved to the school in Ribe , 1551 to the school in Odense , 1553 to the Viborg school and in 1555 he moved to the University of Copenhagen . After completing his basic academic training, he traveled to the University of Leuven and the University of Paris in 1561 . He continued his studies on December 4, 1562 at the University of Wittenberg , where on August 10, 1563 he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy.
After returning to Denmark, he worked at the Frauenkirche in Copenhagen, lectured at the university and waited for the opportunity to use his person more effectively in the Danish civil service. In 1565 he became rector of the city school in Ribe, in 1567 took over a pastor's office at the cathedral in Ribe and in 1568 received a canonical in the cathedral chapter . As a theological expert he was involved in the witch trials in Ribe in 1572 and later in rules for weddings. In 1587 he was elected Bishop of Funen. However, his community wanted him back. On the intervention of the king he was consecrated in 1588 in the church of St. Knud in Odense by his cousin Bishop Hans Laugesen from Ribe. He participated in the removal of Catholic relics in his diocese and in 1595 banned the concord formula . In 1596 he took part in the solemn coronation of Christian IV .
plant
- Before Kristelige Børnelærdom i Sporgsmaal.
family
From his marriage on October 18, 1566 with Karen (* around 1548; † May 4, 1615), the daughter of the councilor in Ribe Jens Bagge, 13 children have emerged. Are known:
- Peter (born August 15, 1570; † August 8, 1561 in Odense), citizen and merchant in Odense, married. Marina Anders Klyn, the daughter of the councilor in Ribe Anders Sörensen Klyn (1551–1598) from the marriage had at least five children
- Matthias (* July 24, 1569 in Ribe; † May 15, 1636 in Arhus), personal physician Christian IV. Of Denmark, he was married to a daughter of the bishop in Arhus Jens Gjodesen (1550–1626) and is the father of the bishop in Arhus Jacob Matthiesen (also Madsen; * October 17, 1602; † June 3, 1660)
literature
- Personalhistorisk tidsskrift. Samfundet for Dansk genealogi and personal history. 1896, pp. 134-136
- SM Gjellerup: Madsen Vejle, Jacob . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 18 : Ubbe – Wimpffen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1904, p. 369 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ After the early death of his father, his mother married her husband's successor as mayor in Vejle, Clemens Sörensen, who became Jakob Madsen's stepfather.
- ^ Album Academiae Vitebergensis Volume Secundum. Halle (Saale) 1894
- ↑ 2. Deanery Book of the phil. Faculty of the University of Wittenberg UA Halle XXXXV, 1.2.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vejle, Jacob Madsen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Villus, Jacob Matthias; Viellg, Jakob Matthisen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish Evangelical Bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1538 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vejle |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1606 |
| Place of death | Odense |