Jonas Nicolai

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Portrait epitaph for Jonas Nicolai in Lübeck Cathedral

Jonas Nicolai (* 1579 in Kölzow, today part of Dettmannsdorf ; † November 7, 1646 in Lübeck ) was a German Evangelical-Lutheran theologian and most recently pastor at Lübeck Cathedral .

Life

Jonas Nicolai was the son of the pastor of the Kölzow village church, Bernhard Nikolai. He went to school in Ampfurth and studied from 1599 at the Universities of Rostock and Wittenberg University . In April 1603 he obtained his master's degree in Rostock.

He was first rector of the school in Ampfurth. In 1606 the von Alvensleben appointed him pastor in Kalbe (Milde) as the holder of the church patronage . From there in 1626 he went to the Holy Spirit Church in Magdeburg as a pastor, which was burned down when the imperial troops under Tilly stormed Magdeburg on May 10, 1631 (May 20 according to the Gregorian calendar). As a refugee, Nicolai came to Hamburg via Osterwieck , Wolfenbüttel , Braunschweig and Lüneburg . In 1632 he was appointed (main) pastor at Lübeck Cathedral, where he stayed until his death. On March 6, 1645 he suffered a stroke on the pulpit of St. Mary's Church during a catechism sermon that the pastors of the main churches held alternately in St. Mary , from which he did not recover.

His portrait epitaph has been preserved and hangs in the south aisle of Lübeck Cathedral.

literature

  • Horst Weimann: 800 years of Lübeck Cathedral. Lübeck: Weiland 1973, p. 169

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
  3. ↑ The pastors in Kalbe after the Reformation  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 28, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kalbe-milde.de  
personal data
SURNAME Nicolai, Jonas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran theologian, pastor at Lübeck Cathedral
DATE OF BIRTH 1579
PLACE OF BIRTH Kölzow, today part of Dettmannsdorf
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1646
Place of death Lübeck