Johannes of Plieningen

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Johannes von Plieningen (* 1454 ; † 1506 ), who is also mentioned in some sources as Johann von Pleningen, came from the noble family of the Lords of Plieningen and was a doctor of Roman law, vicar general of the Bishop of Worms and a friend of the humanist Rudolf Agricola , as well as the author of his biography.

As the son of Dietrich the Elder (1453–1485) and Margarethe von Venningen , Johannes von Plieningen was probably born in 1454 near Dillingen an der Donau as one of four notarized children. His father was the governor of Aislingen Castle near Gundremmingen, the presumed place of birth. By Count Eberhard V. von Württemberg (1450-1496) Dietrich the Elder was enfeoffed on December 20, 1480 with the castle Schaubeck and half of the court and bailiwick over Kleinbottwar , the place and the castle later became the family seat of the family.

On May 22nd, 1471 Johannes started together with his brothers Dietrich and Eberhard, possibly also accompanied by Eitelhans, in Freiburg i. To study Breisgau. Together with Dietrich, he moved to Pavia in 1473 to study Roman civil law. The brothers switched to the University of Ferrara on November 29, 1476, from this time the friendship of the two brothers with the important Dutch humanist Rudolf Agricola and Johann XX dates . von Dalberg , the later Chancellor of the Electoral Palatinate and Bishop of Worms. Sources suggest that he and Dietrich before returning to Germany in 1479 received his doctorate , however, is only the promotion itself. It is possible that he acquired another doctorate in church law years later, but this further doctorate is not mentioned in a document.

When Agricola died in 1485, Johannes and his brother Dietrich began to collect his written estate, and around 1500 Johannes wrote a biography of Agricola.

Around 1490, together with his brothers Dietrich and Eberhard, he designed the St. George's Church in Kleinbottwar, which was to serve as the burial place for those of Plieningen.

John was mentioned in a document in 1499 as "Vicarius" (vicar general) of the Bishop of Worms, his former fellow student and friend Johann von Dalberg, in later years he served Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, who later became Pope Alexander VI. and worked as a family member of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere, who later became Pope Julius II . He is then mentioned as a canon in Worms and provost of Mosbach. He died in 1506.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Franziska Adelmann: Dietrich von Pleningen , CH Beck (1981), page 11
  2. ↑ Bürhlen-Grabinger, Christine, The Lords of Plieningen. Studies on their family, property and social history with regesta (= publications of the Stuttgart City Archives, vol. 36), Ostfildern 1986
  3. ^ Herbert Jaumann : Handbook of scholarly culture in the early modern period, Volume 1: Bio-bibliographical Repertorium , Walter de Gruyter (2004), page 523, ISBN 3110160692
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Stammler, Karl Langosch, Kurt Ruh : The German literature of the Middle Ages :: Author's Lexicon , Volume 11, pages Walter de Gruyter, 2006 ISBN 3110168324
  5. ↑ Simone pressures: Humanistic lay formation in 1500: the translation work of the Rhenish humanist Johann Gottfried Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , 2001, 111 ISBN 3525205856
  6. ^ Franziska Adelmann: Dietrich von Plieningen , CH Beck 1981, page 21
  7. ↑ Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/1995; Karant-Nunn, Susan C .; 4129 words; ... entirety the biography of Agricola by his close friend Johannes von Plieningen (11-48).
  8. ↑ Franziska Adelmann: Dietrich von Plieningen: Humanist and Statesman , CH Beck (1981), page 13: "Johannes von Plieningen is documented in 1499 as 'Vicarius' (vicar general) of the bishop"

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SURNAME Plieningen, Johannes von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pleningen, Johann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vicar General of the Bishop of Worms and author of the biography of the humanist Agricola
DATE OF BIRTH 1454
DATE OF DEATH 1506