Johannes Dantiscus

Johannes Dantiscus ( Latin : Danziger), also Johannes a Curiis , or German Johannes von Höfen , Johannes Flachsbinder , Polish Jan Dantyszek (born October 1, 1485 in Danzig ; † October 27, 1548 in Heilsberg ), was bishop of the bishopric of Kulm and of the Diocese of Warmia , diplomat and poet. He was raised to the nobility by the emperor.

Life

Johannes came from a family of brewers and traders in Danzig. He got the name flax binder through his grandfather's job. He studied in Greifswald and Cracow, got to know Johann I there and rose through the royal chancellery to the position of Polish envoy to the imperial and Spanish courts. In 1515 he accompanied Sigismund I to the Princely Congress of Vienna . In 1530 he was appointed Kulmer and in 1538 he was appointed Prince Bishop of Warmia.

In 1539 Johannes Dantiscus issued a "sharp mandate against heresy", in which he ordered his diocesans to adhere to Catholic doctrine and threatened reading Lutheran scriptures with severe penalties. After he intervened in Elbing in the same year against the pastor Ambrosius Feierabend , who denied the presence of Christ in the Eucharist , another "mandate against the Lutherei" followed in 1540 and a decree regarding regular church attendance.

During his time as envoy, he met numerous personalities and scholars all over Europe. Extensive correspondence of over 20,000 letters has been preserved from him. He also wrote poetry and his autobiography Vita Joannis de Curiis Dantisci .

Works (selection)

Jonas propheta de interitu civitatis Gedanensis
De nostrorum temporum calamitatibus silva
Elegia amatoria or Ad Grinaeam
Vita Joannis de Curiis Dantisci
Hymni aliquot ecclesiastici

literature

Theodor Hirsch : Dantiscus, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, pp. 746-750.
Anneliese Triller: Dantiscus, Johannes. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 512 f. ( Digitized version ).
Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : DANTISCUS, Johannes. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1221-1222. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Markus Krzoska: Johannes Dantiscus (1485–1548) - a humanist and politician of European standing. In: Krzysztof Ruchniewicz and Marek Zybura (eds.): "My Poland ..." German friends of Poland in portraits. Dresden 2005, pp. 29–54.
Antonio Sáez-Arance: Johannes Dantiscus. A Polish diplomat in Charles V's Spain. In: Andrea Langer u. a. (Ed.): Court culture of the Jagiellonian dynasty and related royal houses. Lublin, Leipzig 2002.
Inge Brigitte Blessing: Johannes Dantiscus. A West Prussian between humanism and the Reformation (1485-1548). Hamburg 1958. Dissertation.
Hans Schmauch: The efforts of Johannes Dantiscus for the Ermland bishopric. Part I. In: Weichselland. Messages of the West Prussian History Association. Vol. 36, 1937.

Johann Peter Lotichius : Bibliotheca poetica , digitized around 1660

Web links

Literature by and about Johannes Dantiscus in the catalog of the German National Library
Publications by and about Johannes Dantiscus in VD 16 .
Works by and about Johannes Dantiscus in the German Digital Library
Portrait of Johannes Dantiscus by Christoph Weiditz (around 1540)

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann Konopacki	Bishop of Kulm 1530–1538	Tiedemann Giese

predecessor	Office	successor
Mauritius Ferber	Bishop of Warmia 1538–1548	Tiedemann Giese

personal data
SURNAME	Dantiscus, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Höfen, Johannes von; Dantyszek, Jan (Polish form of name); Curiis, Johannes a (Latin form of name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prince-Bishop of Kulm and Warmia
DATE OF BIRTH	October 1, 1485
PLACE OF BIRTH	Danzig
DATE OF DEATH	October 27, 1548
Place of death	Heilsberg