Johannes Tilemann
Johannes Tilemann , also Johannes Tillemann (* approx. 1605 in Wertheim am Main; † March 24, 1682 in Brixen ), was professor of medicine at the University of Marburg and convert to the Catholic faith, later personal physician to the Elector of Mainz and city medic in Schmalkalden and in Brixen.
Live and act
Tilemann studied medicine in Marburg and received his doctorate on February 23, 1636. As early as 1637, he received a full professorship here, which he held until 1653. In Marburg he published several medical books and writings which made him known; His first wife died there in 1648.
The doctor converted to the Catholic faith and was therefore no longer able to teach at the University of Marburg and from 1655 worked as personal physician to the Elector of Mainz, Johann Philipp von Schönborn .
In 1660 he married again in Schmalkalden and was there for a short time city medic. Presumably as a result of his Catholic faith, there were arguments with his wife and her family who had lived there, which is why he left the city in 1661. There were many rumors about him in the following period, including: A. he wanted to poison his wife, he had become a Jew and the like. Even the article by Johannes Kretzschmar (1864–1947) in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie spreads such things.
Johann Tilemann stayed in Speyer , Regensburg , Vienna , Rome and Padua after leaving Schmalkalden for family reasons . Finally, during the reign of Prince Bishop Sigmund Alphons von Thun (1663–1677) , he settled in Brixen , where he practiced as a doctor and was highly regarded. Thun's successor, Bishop Paulinus Mayr, valued Tilemann and his medical work so much that he had an honoring tomb erected for him on his death in the Brixen cemetery. With his will, Johann Tilemann made a foundation of five annual Holy Masses and a medical and moral sermon to be held on the Sunday after the feast of the patron saint, St. Pantaleon , for which he himself gave a lot of thoughts and suggestions in the deed of foundation. He set up the Jesuit colleges in Mainz and Würzburg to inherit his considerable fortune . The “Contributions to the History of the Episcopal Church in Säben and Brixen in Tyrol” , Volume 8 (1832) record that Johann Tileman suffered many persecutions “from his own son and his closest relatives” as a result of his conversion to the Catholic Church.
literature
- Franz Anton Sinnacher: Contributions to the history of the episcopal church in Säben and Brixen in Tyrol . Volume 8. 1832, pp. 729–730, scan of the section on Johann Tilemann
- Joseph Bergmann: Medals for famous and distinguished men of the Austrian imperial state . 1857, Volume 2, p. 393 Scan of the section about Johann Tilemann
- Johannes Kretzschmar: Tilemann, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 296 f.
Web links
- Complete scan of the book Aphorismi Hippocratis by Johannes Tilemann, 1650; with his portrait engraving
- Link to Tilemann's publication Baad -ordnung, published in Tyrol , or explanation, partly in Tyrol, occasional baths, how one can make use of the property
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tilemann, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tillemann, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1605 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wertheim , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1682 |
| Place of death | Brixen |