Jacob Faber

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Jakob Faber ( Latinized from Schmidt ), also Fabricius (born May 1, 1537 in Stargard (Pomerania) ; † August 20, 1613 in Stettin ) was a Lutheran theologian , doctor of theology (D.) and General Superintendent of Pomerania from 1595 to 1613 - Szczecin.

Live and act

Jakob Faber was born as the son of the Stargarder Jakob Schmidt and his wife Wolberta Walpurgis Hamel. Despite the early death of his father, he attended high school in his hometown and then began studying at the University of Wittenberg , then at the Magdeburg grammar school .

After another stay in Wittenberg, he took up a teaching position at Stargard in Freienwalde in 1559 and went to Landsberg ad Warthe as rector in 1560 .

In 1562 he was re-start studying, but instead as initially intended to Rostock to go, he learned on a visit to Greifswald the local General Superintendent of Pomerania-Wolgast, Jacob Runge , know that it the vice-principal at the local university mediated. In this position Jakob Faber received his master's degree in May 1562. The raging plague at the time forced him to leave the Hanseatic city. Faber went back to Wittenberg and continued his education there in the Hebrew language. This then established his call back to Greifswald, where he was given the professorship of the Hebrew and Greek languages. He also took on representation services for General Superintendent Runge.

In 1574 he was appointed to the parish of the Stargarder Marienkirche . Just three years later, Duke Johann Friedrich appointed him court preacher at the Castle Church in Stettin . Jakob Faber returned to Greifswald once more to receive his theological doctorate there in 1584. During his official business in Szczecin he was also the accompanying visitor to the general superintendent Runge and was given the supervision of the pedagogy in Szczecin .

In 1595 he was appointed general superintendent of Pomerania-Stettin to succeed Johann Cogeler . He held this office until his death. His successor in the office of general superintendent was David Reutzius .

family

Jakob Faber was married to Gertrud Runge (born August 17, 1553 in Greifswald; † July 25, 1600 in Stettin) since 1572. She was the daughter of the general superintendent Jacob Runge from Greifswald . The marriage resulted in 10 children. Of the four sons and six daughters, three children died before their mother. From the children we know:

  1. So. Jacob Faber, Dr. med. and doctor in Stargard
  2. So. Johann Faber, Dr. jur and lawyer in Speyer, sp. Legal counsel in Lübeck
  3. So. Friedrich Faber, Mag. Phil. Rev. St. Nicolai in Stettin
  4. So. Daniel Faber, stud. jur.
  5. To. Erdtmuth Faber (1578–1608) married Daniel Cramer on September 15, 1595 ,
  6. To. Gertraud Faber ∞ Dr. jur. and lawyer Stargard Daniel Schede († 1626)
  7. To. Maria Faber married with Dr. jur. and lawyer in Stettin Johann Pfeiffer
  8. To. Anna Faber married three times
  9. To. Agnes Faber married with the procurator Uni. Greifswald David Reckling

literature

  • Joachim Praetorius: A Christian funeral sermon. At the popular funeral, the once venerable, respectable and high-ranking Herr Jacobi Fabri, the Holy Scriptures Doctoris and the churches in F. Pomrischer Stettnian government, Generalis Superintendentis. Joachim Rethen (heirs), Stettin, 1613 ( digitized version )
  • The Evangelical clergy of Pomerania from the Reformation to the present , 1st part: Hans Moderow : The administrative district of Stettin . Szczecin, 1903; Part 2: Ernst Müller: The administrative district of Köslin . Szczecin, 1912

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A Jacob Fabricius , about whom nothing else is known, participated in 1576 with the other pastors of the Wesenberg region (southeast Mecklenburg) in a petition in favor of Gregor Cassube, who was running for pastor in Strelitz . KRÜGER suspects that he was pastor in Userin . --- Cf. KRÜGER, Georg: The pastors in the Stargard country since the Reformation . Schwerin, 1904. p. 211.
  2. ^ Fritz Roth: Complete evaluation of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Boppard / Rhein, 1967, vol. 5, p. 298, R. 4519 & Joachim Praetorius: Christian funeral sermon. At the Begrebnus, the honor and virtuoso Frawen Gertrut Rungen, the venerable and highly learned Mr. Jacobi Fabri, the holy writings Doctoris, and Pomeranian churches in the Principality of Szczecin Superintendentis husband. Joachim Rheten, Stettin, 1600 ( digitized version )
  3. ↑ cf. Runge, Jacob. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 32, Leipzig 1742, column 1824-1826.

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See also

predecessor Office successor
Johann Cogeler General Superintendent of Pomerania-Stettin
1595 - 1613 		David Reutzius
personal data
SURNAME Faber, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmidt, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lutheran theologian and general superintendent of Pomerania-Stettin
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1537
PLACE OF BIRTH Stargard (Pomerania)
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1613
Place of death Szczecin