Konrad von Gelnhausen

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Konrad von Gelnhausen (* around 1320/25 in Gelnhausen ; † April 13, 1390 in Heidelberg ) was a German Catholic priest, theologian and university professor.

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The son of a notary had been studying at the Sorbonne in Paris since autumn 1339 , where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in the spring of 1344 and a licentiate before 1347 .

Pope Clement VI In 1347 Gelnhausen awarded a canonical at the Cathedral of Worms at the suggestion of Archbishop Gerlach von Nassau and, at the request of Landgrave Heinrich II of Hesse, a benefice in the monastery of St. Maria ad Gradus in Mainz . Innocent VI. transferred the parish of Bonndorf (Überlingen) to him in 1357 on the recommendation of Emperor Charles IV . Obviously, Konrad von Gelnhausen was already in a close relationship with the Palatinate Wittelsbachers , because the Apostolic Nuncio , Philippe de Cabassole (1305-1372), Bishop of Cavaillon , referred to him in 1360 as a "clericus et servitor" of Prince-Elector Ruprecht I. von the Palatinate . Pope Urban V appointed Gelnhausen in 1363 to the canon of St. Johann in Liège , church of the Holy Sepulcher of Bishop Notger, venerated as a saint .

At the University of Bologna he received his doctorate in law around 1375. Then he returned to Paris and was there in the autumn of 1378 Master of Arts. In the same year, he also appears as Wormser provost .

As Doctor theologiae , Konrad von Gelnhausen left the French capital in 1381, after its university sided with the Avignon antipope Clement VII in the Western schism . Elector Ruprecht I drew him to his University of Heidelberg , which was founded in 1386 to support Roman obedience , where he received a professorship at the end of 1387 and became its first chancellor . He retained this office until his death. Konrad von Gelnhausen played a key role in the development of the new Electoral Palatinate University; the books he bequeathed to her formed the basis of the emerging Heidelberg University Library . In addition, he donated 1,000 guilders in his will to establish a Burse for poor students (so-called Alte Burse , Kettengasse, Heidelberg).

In the Occidental Schism, Konrad von Gelnhausen developed - mainly in his writings - ideas for the settlement of the dispute through a council that finally took place in Pisa in 1409 ( Council of Pisa ), but no solution, but only a further complication of the matter in the form of now three simultaneous popes. However, the suggestions were taken up again later and actually led to the end of the schism in 1417 by the Council of Constance .

Works

  • Epistola brevis (1379)
  • Epistola concordie (1380)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The church of St. John or St. Jean in Liège
  2. ^ Ingo Runde: Konrad von Gelnhausen - first chancellor and patron of the University of Heidelberg . In: Gelnhauser Geschichtsblätter 2014/15 . S. 54-76 .
  3. ↑ Heike Hawicks: Monasteries, Chancellors, Conservators. The ecclesiastical environment of Heidelberg University from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period . In: Benjamin Müsegades / Ingo Runde (ed.): Universities and their environment. Southwest and Empire in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times. Contributions to the conference in the Heidelberg University Archives on October 6th and 7th, 2016 (Heidelberger Schriften zur Universitätsgeschichte 7) . Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2019, ISBN 978-3-8253-6846-3 , p. 165-199, here pp. 171-175 .
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Schumacher (editor): Random relations of old and new memorable stories , Ulm, 1717, page 49; Scans from the source
  5. ↑ Website of the Heidelberg History Association (see under "Burse")
  6. ↑ Epistola concordie - Gelnhausen's proposal for the settlement of the schism by calling a general council
personal data
SURNAME Konrad von Gelnhausen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH around 1320
PLACE OF BIRTH Gelnhausen
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1390
Place of death Heidelberg