Leonhard Gessel

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Epitaph in the cloister of Augsburg Cathedral

Leonhard Gessel , also Leonhard Gässel (* around 1400 in Griesbach near Dingolfing ; † June 9, 1465 in Augsburg ) was a German lawyer, clergyman, vicar general and cathedral dean in the diocese of Augsburg .

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The farmer's son Leonhard Gessel appeared as a cleric in the diocese of Augsburg from 1431. At this point he applied for a papal dispensation from ordination for further study. 1435–1439 Gessel studied canon law in Vienna , Bologna and Padua . He was at the universities together with Ulrich Langenmantel , the founder of the first Augsburg student foundation and the spiritual humanist Lorenz Blumenau .

Leonhard Gessel, who finished his studies with the graduation " licentiatus in decretis ", became canon at St. Moritz in Augsburg . In 1447/48 he was a member of the law faculty at the University of Vienna , and in 1449 he was ordained a priest.

Bishop Peter von Schaumberg † (1469) appointed him 1444–1446 and 1449–1459 as his vicar general. With him he belonged to a circle of friends of early humanists that had formed around Sigismund Gossembrot . From 1459 until his death, Leonhard Gessel served as dean of the Augsburg cathedral . In addition, he held the offices of official , a canon in Freising (until 1457), as well as the provost of Feuchtwangen (1447) and Habach (1452).

In 1455 he appeared next to the Augsburg cleric Johann Kautsch as a judge at the Royal Court of Appeal in Graz , chaired by Emperor Friedrich III.

Gessel owned a large collection of books, some of which he bequeathed to St. Moritz Abbey and the Cathedral Library in Augsburg, as well as to the St. Mang monastery in Füssen, during his lifetime . The rest were sold on his death.

He was buried in the cloister of Augsburg Cathedral in 1465 , where the epitaph created by Hanns Peurlin has been preserved.

literature

  • Gustav C. Knod: German Students in Bologna (1289-1562) Biographical Index to the Acta nationis germanicae Universitatis bononienses , German Academy of Sciences, Berlin, 1899, p. 155; (Digital scan)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Evelien Timpener: Diplomatic Strategies of the imperial city of Augsburg: A study to deal with regional conflicts in the 15th century , Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, 2017, p 148, ISBN 3412504068 ; (Digital scan)
  2. ↑ Brigide Schwarz: University of the Curia and University of Rome from approx. 1300 to 1471 , Brill Verlag, 2012, p. 654, ISBN 9004235892 ; (Digital scan)
  3. ^ Karl Lohmeyer :  Blumenau, Laurentius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 747 f.
  4. ↑ Brigide Black: Curia university and city of Rome university of about 1,300 to 1,471 , Brill Publishers, 2012, p 720, ISBN 9004235892 ; (Digital scan)
  5. ↑ Michaela Eser: Augsburger Nibelungenlied and -klage: Edition and investigation , Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 2016, p. 107, ISBN 3791770829 ; (Digital scan)
  6. ^ Anton von Steichele : The Diocese of Augsburg, historically and statistically described , Volume 3, p. 361, Augsburg, 1872; (Digital scan)
  7. ^ Suse Andresen: On a princely order: The learned councilors of the Electors of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern in the 15th century , Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2017, p. 444, ISBN 3647360899 ; (Digital scan)
  8. ^ Johannes Janota, Werner Williams-Krapp: Literary life in Augsburg during the 15th century , Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 1996, p. 88, ISBN 3110935090 ; (Digital scan)
  9. ^ Karl Kosel: The Augsburg Cathedral Cloister and its Monuments , J. Thorbecke Verlag, 1991, p. 317, ISBN 3799541306 ; (Detail scan)
personal data
SURNAME Gessel, Leonhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gässel, Leonhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, clergyman, vicar general and cathedral dean in the diocese of Augsburg
DATE OF BIRTH around 1400
PLACE OF BIRTH Griesbach near Dingolfing
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1465
Place of death augsburg