Johann Vogt (Augustinian)
Johann Vogt (also Johannes Vogt or Johann von Eisleben ; * around 1455, † late 1524 or 1525) was an Augustinian hermit . He was Provincial Vicar for Saxony and Thuringia and Prior of the Magdeburg Monastery .
Life
Johann Vogt came from Eisleben or its surroundings. In 1471 he enrolled at the University of Leipzig , where he acquired the degree of baccalaureus . Then he went to the Augustinian monastery in Nuremberg , from which a letter to the general of the order has been received from 1488/89, saying that the popular preacher should stay in the city and not be transferred.
In 1503 Johann Vogt was first mentioned as Provincial Vicar for Saxony and Thuringia, and again in 1504. In 1505 he and Johannes von Paltzer were sent to the Dukes of Mecklenburg to negotiate the construction of an Augustinian monastery in Sternberg . In that year he was to preside over the chapter of the order in Mühlheim as one of the leaders. At the end of the year he was named professor of theology and member of the Magdeburg Augustinian monastery when he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg .
In 1509 Vogt was called from Magdeburg to Wittenberg to complete Wolfgang Ostermayer's doctorate as a doctor of theology. In 1512 Johann Vogt was mentioned again as provincial vicar when he was on site in Zerbst for the begging monasteries there. In 1516 he was prior of the Augustinian monastery in Magdeburg.
A letter from Martin Luther to him from 1520 has survived, in which he was described as decrepit. Nevertheless, he preached the Reformation ideas at the latest in 1524 after Luther's visit to Magdeburg. At the end of the year he left the monastery to the Old Town Council for dissolution. Johann Vogt died before November 5, 1525.
literature
- Gottfried Wentz : The Augustinian Hermitage in Wittenberg . In: Gottfried Wentz, Fritz Bünger (edit.): The Diocese of Brandenburg. Part 2. (= Germania sacra. I. Department: The Dioceses of the Church Province of Magdeburg. 3. Volume) . Berlin and Leipzig 1941. pp. 440–499, here p. 470. ( digitized version , PDF )
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vogt, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vogt, Johannes; Eisleben, Johann von; Ioannes de Isleben |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Augustinian hermit, provincial vicar for Saxony and Thuringia and prior of the Magdeburg monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1455 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Eisleben or surroundings |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1524 or 1525 |
| Place of death | uncertain: Magdeburg |