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
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Eisengrein, Martin. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1481.
- Hermann Tüchle : Eisengrein, Martin. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 412 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Karl Werner : Eisengrin, Martin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 765.
- Laetitia Boehm, Johannes Spörl: The Ludwig Maximillians University in its faculties , volume 1, p. 69 u. 70, Duncker & Humblot Verlag, Berlin, 1972, ISBN 3428427025 ; (Digital scan)
- Michael Denis : Vienna's book printer history up to MDLX Wappler, Vienna 1782.
- Martin Eisengrein , entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia
Web links
- Literature by and about Martin Eisengrein in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Martin Eisengrein in the German Digital Library
- Eisengrein, Martin (also Eisengrin, Isengrin) from controversia-et-confessio-de (accessed on August 5, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Jacob Eisengrein von Richtenfels in the German biography
- ^ 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 ).
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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 |