Johann Augustin Dietelmair

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Johann Augustin Dietelmair (born April 2, 1717 in Nuremberg ; † April 6, 1785 in Altdorf ) was a German Protestant clergyman, theologian and university professor .

Life

Johann Augustin Dietelmair was the son of Michael Dietelmair (born August 16, 1677 in Nuremberg; † April 15, 1739 ibid), archdeacon of the parish church of St. Sebald and his wife Regina Katharina, daughter of Johann Wülfer (1651-1724), pastor the St. Sebaldkirche in Nuremberg.

He attended the St. Egidien high school (today: Melanchthon-Gymnasium Nuremberg ) under the rector Georg Christoph Munz (1691–1768), in addition to receiving private lessons from his father. After finishing high school , he enrolled in 1734 to study theology at the University of Altdorf ; there he attended the lectures of Johann Balthasar Bernhold and Jakob Wilhelm Feuerlein . During his studies he taught children as a catechist in the surrounding villages and was already preparing for his spiritual office.

In the spring of 1737 he continued his philological , philosophical and theological studies at the University of Halle and successfully completed them there in 1739 after listening to lectures from Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten , his brother Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten and Johann Heinrich Schulze .

In 1739 he was accepted as a candidate for the office of preacher in Nuremberg and in 1741 he was employed as a midday preacher in the Dominican Church. On September 18, 1744 he was appointed deacon of the Egydienkirche .

In 1746 the University of Altdorf appointed him as the successor of the late Christoph Friedrich Tresenreuter (1709–1746) as full professor of theology; He gave his inaugural address on June 28th. He received his doctorate in 1747 as Dr. theol. and took over the professorship of the Greek language in 1769 . He was dean of the theological faculty thirteen times and rector of Altdorf University five times .

His students included Volkmar Daniel Spörl , Johann Ludwig Spörl , Georg Christoph Schwarz , Johann Friedrich Heinrich Panzer , Georg Theodor Strobel and Georg Ernst Waldau .

In 1746 he became a deacon of the St. Laurentius town church in Altdorf; In 1752 he received the archdeaconate.

Johann Augustin Dietelmair married Maria Barbara (* 1724; † September 7, 1787 in Altdorf) in 1744, daughter of Pastor Michael Michahelles (1686–1775). His wife mastered Italian , French and Latin as well as Greek, mathematics and poetry. She corresponded with several scholars in Latin and was elected a member of the Pegnese Flower Order in 1751 under the name Mariane. The names of his children are known:

  • Michael Dietelmair (born November 19, 1748 in Altdorf; † August 29, 1779 in Nuremberg), Dr. med .;
  • Paul Augustin Dietelmair (April 16, 1750 - October 7, 1815), deacon, was accepted into the Pegnese Flower Order on August 8, 1775 as Orestes.
The labyrinth at its facility in 1676

Memberships

  • In 1741 he was accepted as a member of the Pegnese Flower Order under the name Irenäus I , of which he became president in 1774. During his presidency in 1778, the Pegnesen celebrated the centenary of their first work on the Irrhain .

Fonts (selection)

  • Diss. Qua antiquitas codicis Alexandrini vindicatur, et novo argumento comprobatur . Hall 1739.
  • Triple certificate from the business of the teaching post . Nuremberg 1746.
  • Dogmatis christiani de conjugio historia quinquesecularis . Altdorf 1746.
  • A word of comfort to the afflicted in Zion . Nuremberg and Altdorf 1746.
  • Outline and dissection of Pauli's letter to Titus . Altdorf 1749.
  • Brief outline and dissection of the Epistle Paul to the Philippians . Altdorf 1750.
  • The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, together with a complete explanation, which has been compiled from the most exquisite comments of various English writers, and first brought to light partly in the French and partly in the Dutch language, but now in this German translation re-examined and with many Comments and a preliminary report have been accompanied . Leipzig 1752–1766.
  • Four spiritual songs for home devotion . Nuremberg 1759.
  • Outlines and sections of the Pauli epistles to the Galatians and Ephesians . Nuremberg 1763.
  • News of some new attempts to promote theological knowledge . Nuremberg 1771

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dietelmaier, Michael (1677-1739), Gambist - BMLO. Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Georg Andreas Will: Nürnbergisches Gelehrten-Lexicon: or description of all Nuremberg scholars beyderley sex according to their life, merits and writings . P. 251 f. Lorenz Schüpfel, 1755 ( google.de [accessed on September 23, 2019]).
  3. ^ City library Nuremberg, Werner Wilhelm Schnabel: The manuscripts of the city library Nuremberg: The family books and fragments of family books of the 16th and 17th centuries . P. 702. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1995, ISBN 978-3-447-03629-0 ( google.de [accessed on September 23, 2019]).
  4. ↑ History - Pegnese Order of Flowers. Retrieved September 23, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Dietelmair, Johann Augustin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dietelmair, Iohannes A .; Irenaeus I .; Dietelmaierus, Iohannes A .; Dietelmaier, Johann A .; Dietelmaier, Augustin; Dietelmair, Johann August; Dietelmair, Johann A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, clergyman and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1717
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1785
Place of death Altdorf