Lambert Auer

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Book cover page Jesuit College Mainz, with mention of Father Lambert Auer, 1572

Lambert Auer (* 1533 in Rattenberg , Tyrol ; † May 4, 1573 in Rome ) was a Jesuit , preacher and theologian.

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Lambert Auer came from Rattenberg in Tyrol, moved to Ingolstadt in his youth , entered the Jesuit order there in 1551 and was sent to the novitiate in Vienna . Here he studied at the university and was already active as a preacher. St. Petrus Canisius wrote about him on December 14th, 1551, that he was "a real German" who justified high hopes. Lambert Auer continued his studies in philosophy and theology in Rome .

At the first general chapter of the order he publicly discussed theological questions with his confrater Benedikt Pererius . After being used again in Vienna, Lambert Auer came to Mainz in 1561 , where he became the first rector of the new Jesuit college and taught at the university . Archbishop Daniel Brendel von Homburg held the Father in high esteem and took advice from him. In 1564 he commissioned him to check the future Auxiliary Bishop Matthias Ob of Speyer for his suitability and to prepare an expert opinion.

In 1564, Lambert Auer also stayed in Speyer to relax and inspired the people there with his sermons in the cathedral and in St. Jakob . In 1565, the cathedral preacher there, Hans Hering, was unable to exercise his office due to illness. In November of that year his representative, the priest on the cross altar, Nikolaus Hutzel, died. The dutiful Vicar General Andreas von Oberstein from Speyer turned to Archbishop Brendel in Mainz, whom he knew well because he had emerged from the Speyer cathedral monastery. He formally urged him to leave Father Lambert Auer from Mainz on leave and to send him back to Speyer so that a good preacher would be available for the cathedral. Daniel Brendel von Homburg approved this, but attached the condition that a Jesuit college should be founded in Speyer as soon as possible in order to have such clergymen in the future. Auer therefore came to Speyer as a provisional cathedral preacher at the end of 1565 and held this office until autumn 1566. He was replaced by Father Hermes Halpaur, who succeeded him as cathedral preacher and became the first rector of the Jesuit college in Speyer , which was founded in 1567 .

The papal nuncio Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Commendone (1523–1584) took Father Lambert Auer as his theological advisor on a trip to northern Germany in 1568, where he campaigned for a reunification of the church among the various imperial estates. After a dispute with Protestant theologians before Margrave Joachim II of Brandenburg , he finally admitted to Cardinal Commendone that Auer was the most astute and had far surpassed everyone else.

In 1573 Lambert Auer was sent as a representative of the Rhenish Jesuit Province to the 3rd General Chapter of the Order in Rome. Here Father Everard Mercurian was elected General of the Jesuit Order on April 23, 1573. Soon after this election, Auer died unexpectedly in Rome.

Volume 1 of Bamberg's Pantheon of Letters and Artists said about him in 1812: “He combined the most straightforward character with the greatest possible modesty, humility and piety” .

Father Lambert Auer was known to Baron Leopold von Stralendorf († 1626), who converted to Catholicism under his influence.

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  1. ^ Contributions to the history of the University of Mainz , Volume 11, Issue 1, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1977, p. 327 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  2. ^ Felix Stieve:  Stralendorf, Leopold Freiherr v. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 493-495.
  3. ^ Johann Wolf: Eichsfeldische Kirchengeschichte . Baier, Göttingen 1816, p. 177 ( digitized in the Google book search).
personal data
SURNAME Auer, Lambert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jesuit, preacher and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1533
PLACE OF BIRTH Rattenberg , Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1573
Place of death Rome