Johannes of Matha

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Johannes von Matha in the Buxheimer choir stalls by Ignaz Waibel

Johannes von Matha (* 1154 in Faucon-de-Barcelonnette , † December 17, 1213 in Rome ) was one of the founders of the Trinitarian order . 1694 he was by Pope Innocent XII. canonized.

Life

Johannes studied theology in Paris , received his doctorate and was ordained a priest in 1185. Later he joined the hermit Felix von Valois (1127-1212), with whom he founded the Trinitarian order in 1198, which freed Christians from the captivity of the Saracens during the time of the Crusades .

Johannes von Matha lived for the last few years in Rome as a hermit in a room of the Dolabella Arch . He was later buried in the adjacent church of San Tommaso in Formis , but his relics were abducted to Spain in 1665. They were buried in the Trinitarian Church in Madrid and brought to Salamanca in 1966 , where the coffin, restored by the Museo Arqueológico Nacional de España , is in the religious church of San Juan de Mata, which was consecrated to him. A shoulder relic can be found in the Trinitarian Church of San Crisogono in Rome. His feast day is December 17th.

On the Charles Bridge in Prague are the hll. Johannes von Matha, Felix von Valois and Iwan and a Saracen represented as a group of sculptures. The work of art comes from the sculptor Ferdinand Maximilian Brokoff .

literature

  • Norbert Schuhmacher: St. John of Matha, founder of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity: A picture of life. Folk liturgy. Apostolate, Klosterneuburg 1936.
  • Claudio Rendina: Le Chiese di Roma. Newton & Compton, Rome 2007, ISBN 978-88-541-0931-5 .
  • Marcus Wüst: Johannes von Matha, in: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon , Vol. 36, ed. v. Traugott Bautz, Nordhausen 2015, Col. 713–715.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Claudio Rendina: Le Chiese di Roma. P. 359.
  2. ^ Claudio Rendina: Le Chiese di Roma. P. 75.
  3. ↑ Michael Flegl: Prague. Olympia travel guide, Olympia publishing house, Prague, 1988, reg. 322 356 2; P. 40

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personal data
SURNAME Johannes of Matha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French founder of the order, saint
DATE OF BIRTH 1154
PLACE OF BIRTH Faucon-de-Barcelonnette
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 1213
Place of death Rome