Jakob Ernfelder

Jakob Ernfelder (* 1544 in Waibstadt ; † May 22, 1601 in Cologne ) was a Jesuit and provincial of his order.

Live and act

Jakob Ernfelder came from Waibstadt in the Principality of Speyer . He entered the Jesuit order in 1562 and studied in Rome from 1563 . In 1565 he was called to Innsbruck to teach grammar . St. Peter Canisius sent him from there to Würzburg . From 1577 Ernfelder worked as a consultant in Mainz , in 1580 he became rector of the newly founded Jesuit college in Molsheim , Alsace , and in 1588 rector of the Cologne college. A publication on the church history of Alsace describes Ernfelder as "clever and agile" , with a great influence on the Strasbourg prince-bishop Johann IV. Von Manderscheid-Blankenheim .

From March 1589 to June 1595 Jakob Ernfelder acted as Provincial of the Rhenish Jesuit Province. In 1590 he exhorted the Trier Jesuits, who were under the influence of the zealous witch hunter Peter Binsfeld , to exercise restraint in this matter. Background was u. a. the inciting preaching activity there of the Jesuit father Jean Thierry de Grevenmacher (1540–1610; also called Macherentius ). In 1590 he reported to the Jesuit general Claudio Acquaviva that Father Thierry was overzealous in these matters and had even accused the local authorities of being too casual towards witches. As Provincial, he wrote to the Trier Jesuits to refrain from such things.

Then Jakob Ernfelder officiated as rector of the Jesuit college in Mainz. He died in Cologne in 1601.

literature

Würzburg Diocesan History Association: Würzburg Diocesan History Sheets. Volume 43, 1981, p. 176 (detail scan)
Timotheus Wilhelm Röhrich: History of the Reformation in Alsace and especially in Strasburg. Volume 3, p. 245, Strasbourg, 1832 (digital scan)

Individual evidence

^ Karl Hengst : Jesuits at Universities and Jesuit Universities. Schöningh Verlag, 1981, ISBN 3-506-73252-8 , p. 219, (detail scan)
^ Karl Hahn: The ecclesiastical reform efforts of the Strasbourg bishop Johann von Manderscheid (1569–1592). A contribution to the history of the Counter Reformation. 1913, p. 18 (detail scans)
↑ Auguste Neÿen: biography luxembourgeoise. Volume 2, Luxembourg, 1861, p. 166 (digital scan with biographical information)
^ University of Bonn: Rhenish-Westphalian magazine for folklore. Volume 44, 1999, p. 127 (detail scan)
^ Johannes Dillinger: Evil People. A Comparative Study of Witch Hunts in Swabian Austria and the Electorate of Trier. University of Virginia Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8139-2806-7 , ISBN 978-0-8139-2838-8 , p. 103 (digital scan)

personal data
SURNAME	Ernfelder, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Jesuit and religious provincial
DATE OF BIRTH	1544
PLACE OF BIRTH	Waibstadt
DATE OF DEATH	May 22, 1601
Place of death	Cologne

[1] Karl Hengst : Jesuits at Universities and Jesuit Universities. Schöningh Verlag, 1981, ISBN 3-506-73252-8 , p. 219, (detail scan)

[2] Karl Hahn: The ecclesiastical reform efforts of the Strasbourg bishop Johann von Manderscheid (1569–1592). A contribution to the history of the Counter Reformation. 1913, p. 18 (detail scans)

[3] Auguste Neÿen: biography luxembourgeoise. Volume 2, Luxembourg, 1861, p. 166 (digital scan with biographical information)

[4] University of Bonn: Rhenish-Westphalian magazine for folklore. Volume 44, 1999, p. 127 (detail scan)

[5] Johannes Dillinger: Evil People. A Comparative Study of Witch Hunts in Swabian Austria and the Electorate of Trier. University of Virginia Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8139-2806-7 , ISBN 978-0-8139-2838-8 , p. 103 (digital scan)