Johann Molitor

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Johann Molitor (also Johannes VII. Molitor , Johann Müller ; * May 16, 1576 in Dettelbach ; † August 20, 1639 in Triefenstein Monastery ) was provost of the Augustinian Canons Triefenstein from 1617 to 1619 and from 1623 to 1637 , and he stood between 1619 and 1623 before the Heidenfeld Abbey . Molitor was also active as a writer.

The pens in front of Molitor

Both canons' monasteries experienced an extensive decline before the term of office of Johann Molitor, which was triggered indirectly by the Reformation . In Triefenstein, the neighboring town of Wertheim converted to the new faith early on. The monastery then lost its economic supply base. Only under the Würzburg prince-bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn was the spiritual renewal pushed. In Heidenfeld the convent sued the predecessor of John VII. Molitor, John VI. Provost of sorcery. The provost was eventually burned.

Life

Johann Molitor was born on May 16, 1576 in the official city of the Würzburg bishop, Dettelbach. His parents did not come from the upper class of the small town, but were considered poor. Nevertheless, Molitor managed to study, probably at the newly founded University of Würzburg . He received funding for his education from the Benedictine monastery of St. Stephan in the diocese metropolis of Würzburg. Finally, Molitor first became a world priest .

Probably in the service of the Würzburg prince-bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, Molitor forced the Counter-Reformation in several places in the diocese. He was used in his native town of Dettelbach, in Fladungen and in Marktheidenfeld . Due to his success, Molitor received a benefice from the Neumünster Collegiate Foundation in Würzburg . Sometime at the beginning of the 17th century he gave up his office as secular priest and became a member of the Canons' Monastery in Triefenstein.

The Dettelbacher quickly rose in the small convent . After his election as provost of the monastery, Molitor introduced the statutes of the Augsburg canon monastery Heilig Kreuz . The statutes were also established in Heidenfeld at the same time. The provost was quickly regarded as a theological innovator and was worshiped as a saint while he was still alive . This success is probably also due to the appointment to the monastery of Heidenfeld monastery under the name of John VII, behind which Bishop Julius Echter is probably to be found.

Molitor tried to excuse the pen, which had been run down by its predecessors, and began to accept novices into the convent again . In Heidenfeld, Molitor again received a lot of praise and was quickly referred to as the father of the poor. As early as 1523 , Molitor resigned himself to the Heidenfeld Abbey and devoted himself entirely to the development work in Triefenstein. When the Swedes occupied Würzburg in the Thirty Years War , Molitor fled to Cologne for a short time . Later he became a visitor and novice master. Johann Molitor died on August 20, 1639 in Triefenstein Abbey, where he is venerated as the "second founder".

Works

In addition to his pastoral and administrative work, Johann Molitor also wrote several books. He excelled as an ascetic writer. Among other things, a biography of Generalissimo Wallenstein was published .

literature

  • Norbert Backmund: The canons and their monasteries in Bavaria. Augustinian Canons, Premonstratensians, Canons v. Holy Spirit, Antonite . Passau 1966.
  • Benvenut Stengele: The former Augustinian Canons Monastery of Klosterheidenfeld am Main (Lower Franconia) (= calendar for Catholic Christians for the year 1897) . Sulzbach in the Upper Palatinate 1896.
  • Wilhelm Störmer: The Augustinian Canons Triefenstein. Problems of founding, basics of the development of the monastery, possessions and rights . In: Ferdinand Kramer, Elisabeth Lukas-Grätz, Andreas Otto Weber (eds.): Essays by Wilhelm Störmer . St. Ottilien 2008. pp. 353-363.
  • Johannes Zimmermann: Heidenfeld - parish and village. 1141-1991 . Münsterschwarzach 1991.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ignaz Denzinger : Historical-topographical description of the city of Dettelbach . Archive of the Historical Association of Lower Franconia and Aschaffenburg, 14, 2, Würzburg 1858, p. 84 ( digitized version )
  2. ^ Wilhelm Störmer: The Augustinian Canons Triefenstein. Problems of founding, basics of the development of the monastery, possessions and rights . In: Ferdinand Kramer, Elisabeth Lukas-Grätz, Andreas Otto Weber (eds.): Essays by Wilhelm Störmer . St. Ottilien 2008. p. 363.
  3. ^ Johannes Zimmermann: Heidenfeld - parish and village. 1141-1991 . Münsterschwarzach 1991. p. 48.
  4. ↑ Benvenut Stengele: The former Augustinian canons of Klosterheidenfeld am Main (Lower Franconia) (= calendar for Catholic Christians for the year 1897) . Sulzbach in the Upper Palatinate 1896. p. 121.
  5. ↑ Ignaz Denzinger : Historical-topographical description of the city of Dettelbach . Archive of the Historical Association of Lower Franconia and Aschaffenburg, 14, 2, Würzburg 1858, p. 84 ( digitized version )
  6. ↑ Norbert Backmund: The canons and their monasteries in Bavaria. Augustinian Canons, Premonstratensians, Canons v. Holy Spirit, Antonite . Passau 1966. p. 145.
  7. ↑ Norbert Backmund: The canons and their monasteries in Bavaria. Augustinian Canons, Premonstratensians, Canons v. Holy Spirit, Antonite . Passau 1966. p. 145.
personal data
SURNAME Molitor, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Molitor, John VII .; Molitor, Johannes; Müller, Johann (German translation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German provost
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1576
PLACE OF BIRTH Dettelbach
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1639
Place of death Triefenstein Monastery (Triefenstein)