Johann Buslidius

Johann Buslidius (* 1554 in Busleyden; † December 15, 1623 in Regensburg ) was a Jesuit and confessor of Maximilian I of Bavaria.

Buslidius, from Luxembourg , worked first as a professor of philosophy and then as a French court preacher in Munich. In 1595 he became the confessor of Maximilian and his wife Elisabeth . Maximilian needed the Jesuits not only as a pastor, but also called him in as an expert on political issues. In 1613 Buslidius traveled to Rome on a diplomatic mission to inform Pope Paul V about the conversion of Duke Wolfgang Wilhelm of Pfalz-Neuburg and his marriage to Maximilian's sister Magdalena . In 1620 he accompanied his duke on the campaign in Upper Austria and Bohemia . His war diary (Diarium castrense RPJ Buslidii anno 1620 ) is an important source of this campaign. Buslidius carried out his duties until his death. Adam Contzen was his successor .

literature

• Dieter Albrecht : Maximilian I of Bavaria 1573–1651. Oldenbourg, Munich 1998.
• Stephan Lippold: Johann SJ Buslidius (short biography). In: The Winter King. Friedrich V. The last elector from the Upper Palatinate , ed. by Peter Wolf et al. House of Bavarian History, Augsburg 2003, p. 221.