Johannes Busch (monastery reformer)
Johannes Busch (* 1399 in Zwolle ; † 1479 or 1480 in Hildesheim ), also Jan Busch or (Latinized) Johannes Buschius , was a reformer of the order of the Augustinian Canons .
In 1417 Busch entered Windesheim Monastery , where he was influenced by Gerhard Groote's ideas . From there he was sent as a deacon to Bödingen in the Duchy of Berg . He was ordained a priest in Cologne Cathedral and then celebrated his first mass in the pilgrimage church in Bödingen .
In 1434 he returned to Windesheim. After the Basel Council commissioned the Windesheim Monastery to reform the monasteries of the Augustinian Canons in Germany in 1435 , it reformed various monasteries from 1437 onwards. Among other things, he worked at the Hildesheim Sültekloster in 1440 , and he was also active at the Neuwerk (Halle) monastery .
In 1451 he was appointed by the cardinal legate Nikolaus von Kues as apostolic visitor to the Augustinian canons in the church provinces of Magdeburg and Mainz . After 1456 he worked as a historian for his order. From 1459 until his death he was provost of the Sültekloster.
His best-known work that was left behind is the Liber de reformatione monasteriorum , a book on monastic reform, linked to autobiographical reports on the same topic, written between 1470 and 1474.
Johannes Busch is a typical representative of the " Devotio moderna ".
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : BUSCH, Johannes. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 825-826.
- Hans Werner Dannowski : Klosterfahrten: Between Harz and Heide, Weser and Leine , 2008, ISBN 3-89993-661-2 , p. 88 f. ( Excerpt from Google Books )
- Karl Ludwig Grotefend: Busch, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 640 f.
- Karl Grube: Des Augustinian Provost Johannes Busch Chronicon Windeshemense and Liber de reformatione monasteriorum ("Historical Sources of the Province of Saxony and Adjacent Areas", edited by the Historical Commission of the Province of Saxony, Volume 19; Halle 1886, reprinted by Farnborough / Hampshire 1968)
- Stephanie Irrgang: Peregrinatio Academica , (Volume 4 of contributions to the history of the University of Greifswald ), Franz Steiner Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-515-08085-6 , p. 104
- Erwin Iserloh: Busch, Johannes. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 62 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Bertram Lesser: Johannes Busch: Chronicler of the Devotio moderna , Frankfurt am Main, 2005, ISBN 978-3-631-54555-3 ( review )
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Busch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Buschius, Johannes in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Busch, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Busch, Jan; Busch, Johann; Buschius, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Reformer of the Augustinian order |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1399 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zwolle |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1479 or 1480 |
| Place of death | Hildesheim |