List of Trier cathedral preachers
At Trier Cathedral , a position as cathedral preacher was established for the first time in 1545 . Archbishop Johann Ludwig von Hagen asked the papal legate at the Reichstag in Regensburg in 1541 to rededicate the benefit of the Beata Maria Aegyptiaca altar in Trier Cathedral as a sermon fund in order to promote the religious instruction of the faithful as part of the Counter-Reformation . This was confirmed by Pope Paul III. conceded.
During the talks about the establishment of a branch in Trier for the Jesuit Order, founded in 1534 , Archbishop Johann von der Leyen asked that three preachers should be among the preachers who would be sent to Trier. Therefore, from July 2nd, 1560, the Trier cathedral preachers were Jesuits until the abolition of the order by Pope Clement XIV on July 21st, 1773.
From 1560 to 1570 the Liebfrauenkirche was also an annex church to the cathedral. The preaching took place on Sundays at 7 a.m. in the cathedral and at 12 p.m. in the Church of Our Lady. From 1570 sermons were also held in the former Franciscan Church , the Trinity Church , which was given over to the Jesuits that year .
The cathedral preachers in Trier were:
| Surname | from | to | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Ambrosius Pelargus OP † 1562 |
July 13, 1545 | late 1550s | important theologian at the Council of Trent |
| Gregor von Virneburg | around 1560 | Auxiliary bishop in Trier, holder of the benefice of the cathedral preacher; It is unclear whether he performed the service of cathedral preacher. | |
|
Johannes Rethius SJ * 1531 in Cologne , † 1574 in Cologne |
1560 | ? | Preacher at the Liebfrauenkirche; murdered by the mentally ill Gerhard Pesch SJ |
| Michael Ruelius † April 13, 1586 in Koblenz |
1560 | ? | Preacher at the Liebfrauenkirche |
| Andreas Falkenburg SJ † September 29, 1566 in Trier |
1560 | 1566 | Relieved for a short time in 1561 by Jonas Adler; non satis gratus ("not very popular") |
| Jonas Adler SJ | Early 1561 | Pentecost 1561 | ousted Father Andreas Falkenburg, was recalled after scandal, released from his religious vows and died as a pastor in Bavaria. |
| Hermann Thyraeus SJ | 1567 | 1570 | * 1532 in Neuss , ordained priest in 1556 in Rome , 1560–1566 preacher at the Church of Our Lady in Trier, 1571 Provincial of the Rhenish Jesuit Province; † October 26, 1791. |
| unknown | 1570 | 1580 | |
| Lukas Ellentz SJ * 1552, † 1607 |
1580 | 1607 | He died on New Year's Day 1607 as a result of a stroke that he suffered at the end of his hour-long sermon in the cathedral pulpit. |
| Albert Stadtbroich SJ | 1637 | 1638 | |
| Albert Fürdinck | 1644 | 1649 | |
| Cornelius Luttringhausen | 1650 | 1659 | |
| Christoph Braun SJ | 1659 | 1661 | |
| Jakob Linnich SJ | 1664 | 1668 | |
| Johannes Packenikus SJ | 1668 | 1672 | |
| Hermann Witterach SJ | 1673 | ||
| Wilhelm Grevenbruck SJ | 1675 | ||
| Johannes Doro SJ | 1676 | 1681 | |
| Balduin Brandt SJ | 1682 | 1684 | |
| Dionysius Keeff SJ | 1684 | 1693 | |
| Heinrich Dalberden SJ | 1695 | 1717 | |
| Matthias Heimbach SJ * 1666 in Euskirchen , † 1747 in Cologne |
1718 | 1720 | |
| Ferdinand Limpens SJ | 1720 | 1721 | |
| Matthias Penten SJ | 1723 | 1727 | |
| Franz Hunolt SJ | 1724 | 1743 | from 1724 to 1728 feast day preacher ( Concionator festivus ), then Sunday or main preacher ( Concionator dominicalis ) |
| Adolf Schue SJ | 1730 | 1738 | Festival preacher |
|
Johannes Harnischmacher SJ * 1706 |
1749/50 | 1779 | Chief preacher; remained in office after the dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1773 |
| Bernhard Rive SJ | 1850s / 1860s | ||
| Kaspar Reif SJ * 1725 in Cochem |
1766 | 1779 | Feast day preacher; remained in office after the dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1773 |
| Johannes Queng * 1738, † 1805 |
1779 | 1804 | Ex-Jesuit |
| Wilhelm Arnoldi | 1834 | 1836? | |
| Johann Georg Müller | 1836 | 1842 | |
| Johann Jakob Kraft | 1861 | 1868? | |
| Wilhelm Bönner SJ * May 6, 1888 in Cologne-Ehrenfeld , † October 31, 1971 in Cologne |
1958 | 1963 | |
literature
- J. Hulley: On the history of the Trier cathedral sermon . In: Pastor Bonus . Journal for Church Science and Practice 15 (1902/03), pp. 229–235.
- Baltasar Fischer: The first Trier cathedral preachers from the Society of Jesus 1560-1607. In: For God and the people. The Society of Jesus and its work in the Archdiocese of Trier. Published by the Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum Trier and the library of the Episcopal Seminary Trier, Mainz 1991, pp. 255–271.
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. 85.
- ↑ Baltasar Fischer: The first Trier cathedral preachers from the Society of Jesus 1560-1607. In: For God and the people. Mainz 1991, pp. 255-271, here pp. 256-260.
- ↑ Baltasar Fischer: The first Trier cathedral preachers from the Society of Jesus 1560-1607. In: For God and the people. Mainz 1991, pp. 255-271, here p. 258.
- ↑ Baltasar Fischer: The first Trier cathedral preachers from the Society of Jesus 1560-1607. In: For God and the people. Mainz 1991, pp. 255-271, here p. 262.
- ↑ Baltasar Fischer: The first Trier cathedral preachers from the Society of Jesus 1560-1607. In: For God and the people. Mainz 1991, pp. 255-271, here p. 263f.
- ↑ Baltasar Fischer: The first Trier cathedral preachers from the Society of Jesus 1560-1607. In: For God and the people. Mainz 1991, pp. 255-271, here p. 264f.
- ↑ Baltasar Fischer: The first Trier cathedral preachers from the Society of Jesus 1560-1607. In: For God and the people. Mainz 1991, pp. 255-271, here p. 266f.