Laurentius Fabritius

Laurentius Fabritius (* around 1535 in Uerdingen ; † July 22, 1600 in Cologne ) was auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Cologne .

Life

After completing his studies , Fabritius received his doctorate as Dr. theol. and from 1582 was chaplain of the bishop-administrator of Münster, Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg . Here involved in the implementation of the Tridentine reform demands, he became pastor at St. Remigius in Bonn after the resignation of the administrator in 1585 , but resigned to this position as early as 1587.

From September 26, 1585 to 1587 canon at the St. Cassius Monastery in Bonn , on December 1, 1587 he succeeded Auxiliary Bishop Theobald Craschel as pastor at St. Alban in Cologne. Even for already on 23 March 1588 Titular Bishop of Cyrene and appointed auxiliary bishop in Cologne, he received in Cologne on August 7, 1588 by the Nuncio Ottavio Mirto Frangipani the episcopal ordination .

After Laurentius Fabritius had donated the episcopal ordination to the prince-bishop of Paderborn, Dietrich von Fürstenberg , in 1589 , he became canon in Cologne on October 16, 1592 . Since his official acts repeatedly ran counter to the Tridentine demands, between 1592 and 1599 he was repeatedly threatened with impeachment by the Pope and the Nuncio. Here, however, he was able to rely on the protection of Archbishop Ernst of Bavaria .

He founded a Latin school (today's Fabritianum grammar school ) in his hometown of Uerdingen and was buried in Cologne Cathedral after his death .

literature

August Rauchholz: Handbook of the Archdiocese of Cologne . 10th edition. Self-published, Cologne 1863, p. 17 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed May 24, 2018]).
Hansgeorg Molitor: History of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Volume 3: The Archdiocese of Cologne in the Age of Faith Struggles: 1515 - 1688.Bachem , Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-7616-1346-7 , pp. 279 ff.

Web links

Entry on Laurentius Fabritius on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Jörg Engelbrecht, Reinhard Feinendegen, Hans Vogt: Krefeld. The history of the city. Volume 4. Krefeld 2003, ISBN 3-9808235-2-0 , p. 124

personal data
SURNAME	Fabritius, Laurentius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman Catholic clergyman; Auxiliary Bishop in Cologne
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1535
PLACE OF BIRTH	Uerdingen
DATE OF DEATH	July 22, 1600
Place of death	Cologne

[1] Jörg Engelbrecht, Reinhard Feinendegen, Hans Vogt: Krefeld. The history of the city. Volume 4. Krefeld 2003, ISBN 3-9808235-2-0 , p. 124