Martin Eisengrein

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Martin Eisengrein
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Martin Eisengrein , also Eysengreyn , Eysengrein , Eisengrin , Isengrin u. Ä. (* December 28, 1535 in Stuttgart ; † May 3, 1578 in Ingolstadt ) was a German Roman Catholic priest, controversial theologian and university professor .

Origin and family

Martin Eisengrein was born on December 28, 1535 in Stuttgart to Lutheran parents. His father Martin Eisengrein (1507–1567) acted there as mayor and monastery administrator, the mother's name was Anna geb. Kienzer († 1542). Martin's half-brother Balthasar Eysengrein (1547–1611), worked as a law professor at the University of Tübingen ; the Speyer theologian and historian Wilhelm Eisengrein (1543–1584) and his brother Johann Jakob Eisengrein († 1597), Reichshofrat and Imperial Chancellor of Prague were their cousins.

Live and act

He studied at the universities of Tübingen , Ingolstadt and Vienna . At the latter he was appointed doctor of philosophy and professor of language skills in 1555 , and two years later professor of natural philosophy . Under the influence of his uncle, the Vice Chancellor Jakob von Jonas († 1558), he converted to Catholicism around 1558 and became a priest and cathedral preacher to St. Stephen in 1560 .

In 1562 Eisengrein was appointed pastor of St. Moritz in Ingolstadt , and in the same year he was also professor at the university there. Here he was rector and dean on several occasions, and was also provost of St. Kastulus in Moosburg and, in 1567, of Altötting . In 1568 and 1569 Eisengrein worked in Vienna as court preacher to Emperor Maximilian II ; In 1570 he returned to the University of Ingolstadt , where he also became superintendent (inspector). Eisengrein was also provost of Passau and owned a parish in Vienna. He founded the university library in Ingolstadt through the mediation of donations and through his testamentary legacy. Cardinal Stanislaus Hosius , Bishop Johann Eglof von Knöringen , Simon Eck (brother of Johannes Eck ) and the Cologne canon Tilmann Bredenbach were among his friends.

Martin Eisengrein died on May 3, 1578, in Ingolstadt.

The New German Biography writes about him: "... an impressive personality of impeccable change, rejected the episcopal dignity of Gurk and Laibach and saw in his benefices above all new fields of work for his pastoral zeal."

The book Die Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität in their faculties (1972) states: “Eisengrein ... wrote frequently published sermon works, religious books for the people and numerous controversial theological writings in which his knowledge of the Church Fathers is particularly striking. He was instrumental in most of the church reforms in Bavaria, although he was more peaceful and conciliatory than harsh polemical. Eisengrein appears in all stages of his life as a true personality, distinguished by wisdom and moral purity. "

Works

  • De certitudine gratiae
  • Historia Mariae Veteris Oettingensis
  • De cursu philosophico et paedagogico

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Jacob Eisengrein von Richtenfels in the German biography
  2. ^ Leonhard Lenk:  Eck, Simon Thaddäus (Simon Judas). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 275 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Eisengrein, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eysengreyn Martin; Eisengrin, Martin; Isengrin, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian and polemicist
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1535
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1578
Place of death Ingolstadt