Johannes Heynlin

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Johannes Heynlin also Johannes de Lapide , after his birthplace Stein (* around 1430 in Stein near Pforzheim; † March 12, 1496 in Basel ) was a Catholic priest and Carthusian monk . He worked as a theologian and academic teacher between scholasticism and humanism , he was a preacher and printer. He was also rector of the Paris Sorbonne and co-founder of the University of Tübingen .

Page from the Epistolae ("Letters") by Gasparinus de Bergamo (Gasparino da Barzizza), 1470; first book printed in France, from Johannes Heynlin's Paris printing press.

Life

From 1446 Heynlin studied in Erfurt , but moved to Leipzig in 1448 , where he acquired the academic degree of a bachelor's degree in the liberal arts. This was followed by a degree in theology, combined with a move to Leuven in Belgium. From 1455 at the latest he lived in Paris and in 1462 became a member of the theological body of the Sorbonne - a special honor as a non-French. In Paris, his student Reuchlin joined him and also accompanied him to Basel. Heynlin lived in Basel between 1464 and 1466 and learned the art of printing . In 1467 Heynlin, again in Paris, was elected prior at the Sorbonne and two years later rector of the Paris University. In 1472 Heynlin was the first German to obtain a doctorate in Paris. The year 1474 marked a significant turning point in Heynlin's life, as from then on he preferred the preacher's pulpit to the academic chair: He went to Basel again and preached in the St. Leonhard Church and later in the Basel Minster . With his humanistic education he stimulated reform and renewal in the Catholic Church, whereby he also turned against scholasticism. In 1477 Heynlin was a co-founder of the University of Tübingen , in 1478 city pastor and professor in Tübingen , in 1479 rector, in 1480 city pastor in Baden-Baden . 1484 He took over the position of preacher at Basel Minster. In 1487 he became a monk in the Carthusian monastery of St. Margarethental in Basel and died years later on March 12, 1496. His books and sermons are kept in the Basel University Library.

Johannes Heynlin was one of the most distinctive figures in European intellectual life of his time. He combined a multitude of different gifts and strivings that he can be counted among the outstanding minds of the time of early humanism.

He was on friendly terms with Geiler von Kaisersberg and Sebastian Brant . Johann Amerbach was his student.

Together with Guillaume Fichet he ran a private printing press in Paris from 1470 to 1473 in the rooms of the Sorbonne; the first printing house in France.

Works

  • Compendiosus de arte punctandi dialogus , 1470.
  • Premonitio circa sermones de conceptione gloriose virginis Marie , 1488.
  • Sermones de tempore et de sanctis . Nikolaus Kessler, Basel, 1488. ( digitized version )
  • Resolutorium dubiorum circa celebrationem missarum occurentium . - Johann Froben , Basel 1492. ( digitized version )
  • Libri artis logice Porphyrii et Aristotelis cum explanatione magistri Johannis de Lapide , 1495.
  • Resolutorium dubiorum circa celebrationem missarum occurentium . Christian Snellaert, Delft 1497 ( digitized )
  • Resolutorium dubiorum / per ... Johannem de Lapide . - Parisius: Johanne Lamberto, MCCCCCXI, II Mensis Junij. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf

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SURNAME Heynlin, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heynlin de Lapide, Johannes; Heynlin, Hans; Johannes de Lapide
BRIEF DESCRIPTION theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1430
PLACE OF BIRTH stone
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1496
Place of death Basel