List of Strasbourg cathedral preachers
Cathedral preacher Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg on the pulpit of the Strasbourg cathedral around 1500; Preaching pressure
In 1478 a position of cathedral preacher was donated for the first time at Strasbourg Cathedral . The cathedral was assigned to the Protestant faith by the city council in 1524 and returned to the Catholics on September 30, 1681 as part of the French reunification policy .
The following were active as cathedral or cathedral preachers in Strasbourg:
| Surname | from | to | Denomination |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johann Geiler from Kaysersberg | 1478 | 1510 | |
| Matthäus Zell | 1518 | 1523? | Lutheran from 1521 |
| Kaspar Hedio | 1523 | 1548 | Protestant |
| Philipp Jacob Spener | 1663 | 1666 | Lutheran |
| Philipp Gersenius SJ | Late 17th century | Catholic | |
| Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann | 1784/1801 | 1787/1803 | Catholic |
| Simon Ferdinand Mühe (student of Liebermann) |
19th century | † 1865 | Catholic |
| Peter Haßlacher SJ | 1844? | 1849 | Catholic |
| Michael Felix Korum | 1880s | Catholic | |
| Peter Lorson SJ | 1933 | ? | Catholic |
Individual evidence
- ^ Anton Schmid: The beginnings of the cathedral predicatures in the German-speaking dioceses. In: Roman quarterly for Christian antiquity and church history 89 (1994), Heft 1–2, pp. 78–110, here p. 84.