Johann Flinner
Johann Flinner (* around 1520 in Zeil am Main ; † December 7, 1578 in Strasbourg ) was a German Lutheran theologian and poet of hymns .
Life
Flinner had been pastor in Augsburg since 1540 , probably at the Holy Cross Church there since 1537 , but was expelled in 1551 for not accepting the interim . He went to Strasbourg, where he was given a position as a parish assistant at St. Aurelia . In 1555 he became a canon at the St. Thomas Church . In 1556 he was given leave of absence from the hospital church in Baden-Baden and in the same year was sent to Heidelberg to accompany Johannes Marbach and to support him in carrying out the Reformation in the Palatinate . Until 1559 he was pastor at the Heidelberg Heiliggeistkirche and member of the church council. In 1559 he returned to Strasbourg and in 1561 was pastor at the cathedral , in 1571 at the St. Thomas Church.
Flinner was the author of sacred songs and a member of the Strasbourg Mastersingers Guild.
literature
- A. Trenss, FA Ihme: The internal conditions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Strasbourg at the time of Dr. Joh. Marbach's. 1551-1581. In: Journal for the entire Lutheran theology and church 33 (1872), pp. 64–94
- Heinrich Neu: Pastors' book of the Protestant Church in Baden from the Reformation to the present . Til II. Lahr (Black Forest) 1939, p. 167
Web links
- Works by and about Johann Flinner in the German Digital Library
- Illustration in the portrait collection of the Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flinner, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian and hymn poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1520 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zeil am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1578 |
| Place of death | Strasbourg |