Johann von Swolgen

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Johann von Swolgen (also Johannes Swoelgen) (* 1521 in Swolgen ( Limburg ); † May 30, 1592 in Cologne ) was an important cleric of the 16th century.

J. von Swolgen on his death bed

Life

Details on Johann von Swolgen's ancestry, his youth and training time are only sparse. One of the paintings depicting him from the holdings of the Cologne High School and Foundation Fund , oil on wood "Kölnisch" around 1590, depicts him as a younger person and provides important details of his life as an inscription. In addition to his likeness , it shows the family's coat of arms on the right, which depicts two gold-colored plant stems with red flowers on a silver field. The helmet is represented as a spangenhelm with an open flight . The inscription on the left describes him as "DOCTOR ECLESIARUM" and refers to several of his canonicals, such as those preserved in the churches of St. Maria in the Capitol , St. Maria ad Gradus , St. Andrew and St. Gereon , which he received in their Collectively contributed to a handsome income. His teaching activities and, ultimately, his foundations for the training of future clerics, who received his name, were also mentioned.

Whether Swolgen was first established the age of 20 in Cologne, is not known, however, common is that he is in 1541 at the old Cologne University enrolled , where he in 1572 and his doctorate was. First he taught in Cologne from 1543 to 1548 at the Montanerburse and then received a canonical at the collegiate church of St. Andreas, where he was appointed dean in 1560 . In the same year Swolgen was awarded the title of Canon , which usually went to members of the nobility and was associated with a corresponding prebend . Swolgen was from 1568 vicar general under three archbishops of the diocese . In addition, he taught for 20 years, between 1572 and the year of his death in 1592, as a professor at the law faculty and took over the management of the university as its rector from 1577 to 1579.

Foundations

In 1578 Swolgen gave a foundation to an institution founded by Johannes Rethius (head of the Bursa trium coronarum) as early as 1558 to promote theological science, the "Collegium theologicum" on Marzellenstrasse. In addition, he founded another theological school, the "Collegium Swolgianum."

The alimentierte by the founder institution was for twenty-four fellows designed, and of these positions six to seminarians of the theology , six of canonical and twelve of Alumni of philosophy were awarded. All of them were granted a three-year scholarship, which usually corresponded to the prescribed study time of the faculties. The modalities of this foundation were changed by Swolgen in 1581 by endowing them in favor of the Cologne Jesuit Order , which acquired the buildings for the price of 4,000 thalers and integrated them into the Tricoronatum grammar school there in 1586 . The scholarships contained in the foundation and their awarding practice to students of theology continued to be subject to the rulers of the Montanergymnasium.

literature

  • Ludwig Arentz, H. Neu and Hans Vogts : Paul Clemen (Hrsg.): The art monuments of the city of Cologne , Volume II, extension volume the former churches, monasteries, hospitals and school buildings of the city of Cologne. Verlag L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1937. Reprint 1980. ISBN 3-590-32107-5
  • Werner Schäfke , Kölnischer Bildersaal: The paintings in the holdings of the Cologne City Museum including the Porz collection and the Cologne high school and foundation fund . Publisher: Cologne: Kölnisches Stadtmuseum (January 1, 2006), ISBN 3-927396-94-X
  • Hermann Keussen : "The old University of Cologne, basics of its constitution and history". Cologne 1934. Publishing house of the Cologne History Association e. V. Cologne

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludwig Arentz, H. Neu and Hans Vogts: Paul Clemen (ed.): Die Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Köln , p. 383
  2. ↑ a b c Werner Schäfke, Kölnischer Bildersaal: The paintings in the inventory of the Cologne City Museum including the Porz Collection and the Cologne High School and Foundation Fund , p. 429 f
  3. ↑ Hermann Keussen : "The old University of Cologne, basics of its constitution and history", p. 216 f
personal data
SURNAME Swolgen, Johann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Swoelgen, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION cleric
DATE OF BIRTH 1521
PLACE OF BIRTH Swolgen, Limburg Province
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1592
Place of death Cologne