Leonhard Marstaller

Leonhard Marstaller (* 1488 in Nuremberg ; † 1546 in Freising ) was a Catholic theologian during the Reformation .

Marstaller studied at the universities in Ingolstadt , Paris and Vienna and received his doctorate in 1519 as a doctor of theology. Influenced and supported by Johannes Eck , he became a professor at the then highly respected University of Ingolstadt in the same year . Marstaller held the office of dean and rector numerous times, but overall he remained in Eck's shadow. After his death, Marstaller became Pro-Chancellor of the university and tried hard to maintain its importance as a spiritual center of the Counter-Reformation . Marstaller was also canon of Eichstätt until his death .

literature

Winfried Kausch: MARSTALLER, Leonhard. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 27, Bautz, Nordhausen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88309-393-2 , Sp. 915-916. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Marstaller, Leonhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Catholic theologian of the Reformation period
DATE OF BIRTH	1488
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	1546
Place of death	Freising