Johannes Magirus (theologian, 1559)

Keystone of the coat of arms of the entrance gate of the Jesuit College Speyer

Johannes Magirus (born September 15, 1559 in Koblenz , † September 8, 1609 in Speyer ) was a German Jesuit , preacher and controversial theologian .

Live and act

Johannes Magirus from Koblenz joined the Jesuit order in 1585 and has been a member of the Jesuit College Speyer since around 1592 . Here worked under the rector Wilhelm Wolff von Metternich (1563-1636) as head of the associated school and as a well-known controversial preacher. In 1603 he was in an exchange of letters with the Calvinist Heidelberg theology professor David Pareus (1548–1622), which resulted in controversial theological writings on both sides. Johannes Magirus published various theological books. He died in Speyer in 1609, where he had worked for 17 years.

literature

• Carlos Sommervogel: Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus , Volume 1, 1894, column 313; (Detail scan with life data)
• Eduard Maria Oettinger: Moniteur des dates , 3rd volume, Dresden, 1867, p. 160; (Digital scan)
• Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim : Historia Trevirensis diplomatica et pragmatica , Volume 3, 1750, p. 228; (Digital scan)
• Ludwig Stamer : Church history of the Palatinate , 3rd part, 1st volume, p. 119 u. 121, Pilger Verlag Speyer, 1954
• Wilhelm Kühlmann: The German humanists: documents on the transmission of ancient and medieval literature in the early modern period , part 1, volume 2, 2010, p. 440, ISBN 2503532381 ; (Detail scan)

Web links

• Biographical dataset on Johannes Magirus in the Culturegraph portal
• List of works in the Culturegraph portal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pierre Bayle: A general dictionary: historical and critical , Volume 8, p. 138, London, 1739; (Digital scan)