Johannes Kerer

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Johannes Kerer (* around 1430 in Wertheim ; † September 23, 1506 in Augsburg ) was a university teacher, minster pastor in Freiburg and auxiliary bishop in Augsburg.

Epitaph in the Freiburg University Church

Life

As the son of a weaver in Wertheim, Kerer attended a count's school in his youth, which already marked his later path as a clergyman. In 1451 he began his studies at the artist faculty at the University of Heidelberg . This course of study was made possible for him through a scholarship from the Dionysianum , the city's largest student burse at the time . After his university education with the baccalaureate was completed in 1453 and master's degree in 1456, he was transferred to the newly established University of Freiburg as a professor for the vetus ars appointed. Until the start of teaching in 1460, he worked as the head of the Freiburg particular school. From 1462 he was dean of the artist faculty until he retired from teaching in 1474 to become parish rector in Freiburg Minster after being ordained deacons and priests . During this time he continued to study, as evidenced by the doctorate in the two rights in 1481, and was elected rector of the university the following year.

On 24 February 1493 he was finally appointed auxiliary bishop in Augsburg called and on 8 May in Rome to Bishop ordained . On September 14, 1506, he resigned from this office for health reasons and died a week later in Augsburg. After his death he was transferred to Freiburg and buried in the chapel of the Collegium Sapientiae.

Services

The founding of the student bureau Collegium Sapientiae in Freiburg im Breisgau goes back to Kerer . During his job, Kerer was awarded a few benefices in addition to his salary, so that he saved a considerable fortune over the course of his life. He probably made the decision to donate a Burse in the 90s of the 15th century, which can be seen from the purchase of the houses in Nussmannstrasse, Herrenstrasse and Engelstrasse between 1497 and 1504. Kerer established the foundation in his will of 1496, and the statutes for the Burse a year later. The Collegium Sapientiae was the second institution of its kind in Freiburg after the Pfauenburse and the oldest dormitory in the city, which still exists today.

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SURNAME Kerer, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Auxiliary Bishop in Augsburg
DATE OF BIRTH around 1430
PLACE OF BIRTH Wertheim
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1506
Place of death augsburg