Martin Gallus (theologian)

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Martin Gallus , actually Martin Hahn (Latin: Gallus = Hahn) (* before 1550 in Bunzlau ; † 1581 ) was a Protestant theologian in the 16th century .

Life

Peter Ulner , abbot of the Berge monastery , brought Gallus, who came from Bunzlau, to the school of the monastery south of Magdeburg , where Gallus took over the role of rector . In 1563 Gallus was appointed preacher for the communities of Fermersleben and Buckau , which belonged to the Berge monastery . He became the first evangelical preacher of the parishes after they, like the Berge monastery, had become evangelical in 1565. The first Protestant sermon in Fermersleben took place on September 9, 1565. He is said to have held the office of preacher until 1578. His remuneration amounted to 26 thalers a year, 2 shirts, 1 pair of shoes and a "free station". Since the Fermersleber Church had been restored in 1570 after a previous destruction, he was picked up by horse and cart from the Berge monastery for the service in Fermersleben and then brought back there.

In 1567 Gallus became a deacon at Magdeburg Cathedral , where he had become assistant preacher to the newly appointed Siegfried Sack and Christoph Wickmann in the course of the introduction of the Reformation at the cathedral . After taking over the role of assistant preacher , he handed over the role of rector to Heinrich Homelius . In 1569 he married Sophia Rosenthal . When the Reformation was introduced at Magdeburg's Sankt-Nikolai-Kirche in 1573, he held the evangelical service on Sundays between six and seven o'clock. In 1578 Gallus gave up the office of pastor of Fermersleben.

Gallus held the office of deacon at Magdeburg Cathedral until his death in 1581.

Honors

Since 1928 the Fermersleber Church has been called Martin Gallus Church at the request of the parish council in memory of its first evangelical preacher . The city of Magdeburg gave a street in the Fermersleben district the name Martin-Gallus-Weg .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Annemarie Friedrich: From the school system of the Magdeburg region in three centuries. Part 2: The alumni and conventuals of the Berge monastery near Magdeburg. In: Family Research Today. Announcements of the Working Group Genealogie Magdeburg, Issue 7, Magdeburg 1993, page 30
  2. ↑ Ute Schmidt-Kraft: Fermersleben settlement. State capital Magdeburg 1995, page 16; this source falsely assumes that he did not become assistant preacher at Magdeburg Cathedral until 1578 and thus gave up his preaching position in Fermersleben. Presumably he performed both functions between 1567 and 1578.
  3. ↑ Church chronicle by Wilhelm Bischoff ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.magdeburg-so-evangelisch.de
  4. ^ CL Brand: The Cathedral of Magdeburg. Emil Baensch Verlag, Magdeburg 1863, page 137
  5. ^ Chronicle of the City of Magdeburg. Issues 6–9, Gruhl'sche Buchdruckerei, Magdeburg 1831, page 708
  6. ^ CA Schmidt: Chronicle of the city of Buckau. 1887, page 18
  7. ^ Chronicle of the City of Magdeburg. Issues 6–9, Gruhl'sche Buchdruckerei, Magdeburg 1831, page 711
  8. ^ CL Brand: The Cathedral of Magdeburg. Emil Baensch Verlag, Magdeburg 1863, page 137
personal data
SURNAME Gallus, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hahn, Martin (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH before 1550
PLACE OF BIRTH Bunzlau
DATE OF DEATH 1581