Martin Mirus

Martin Mirus (* 1532 in Weida ; † August 14, 1593 at Schloss Karditz near Oschatz ) was a German Lutheran theologian and Saxon court preacher .

Life

Mirus studied at the University of Jena and on July 12, 1558 obtained the academic degree of a master's degree . He was then accepted as an adjunct in the philosophical faculty in 1560 . In 1561 he went to Sülzenbrücken as a pastor , returned to Jena as a deacon in 1569 and moved to Kahla as a pastor in 1572 . When, in 1573, Elector August of Saxony, as guardian of his cousins, also expelled the crypto-calvinists in Ernestine Saxony , he appointed Mirus as superintendent and court preacher in Weimar .

However, at his inaugural sermon, the citizens in the church caused such a commotion that he renounced the office. He was then called to Jena as professor and superintendent, received his doctorate in theology on February 10, 1574, and in the same year followed an invitation to Dresden as first court preacher. In order to completely eradicate cryptocalvinism , at the request of the elector he participated in the formulation of the Torgau articles , which had to be signed by all clergymen and professors of theology at the Torgau convent in May 1574.

In 1575 he accompanied the elector to the Perpetual Diet in Regensburg and delivered seven harsh sermons against the papacy. On behalf of the Elector, he also took an active part in the concord formula of the Lichtenburg Convention on February 15, 1576 until its completion. In 1580 Mirus became a member of the senior consistory in Dresden. He enjoyed the personal trust of his prince to a high degree and has administered his office as pastor and spiritual advisor with great conscientiousness in all the happy and sad events in the electoral family.

Elector August died on February 12, 1586. Under his successor Christian I of Saxony , the previously oppressed Philippists gained more influence. Therefore Mirus was dismissed from his office in 1588, brought to the fortress Königstein from July to September , held there and expelled from the country. He went to Jena and lived there in seclusion for a few years. In 1591 Mirus was appointed cathedral preacher in Halberstadt and took up this position on September 21.

After the death of Elector Christian I, his widow Sophie called the expellee back and reinstated him in all offices. On November 25, 1591, he returned to Dresden. With particular zeal he devoted himself to the general visits in order to root out the "weeds of cryptocalvinism" that had grown up again in recent years. On a trip from Leipzig to Dresden he suddenly fell ill with Wolfgang Albrecht von Schleinitz at his Karditz Castle near Oschatz and died a few days later on August 14, 1593. He was buried on August 24 in the Kreuzkirche in Dresden.

He was married to the pastor's daughter Margarete Löbel, with whom he had several children. This marriage led u. a. the writer Adam Erdmann Mirus and the Hofrat Karl Adolf Mirus returned.

literature

Johann Andreas Gleich : Annales ecclesiastici . Dresden and Leipzig 1730.
Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical purposes . Volume 1, Boppard 1959, R 161
Wolfgang Sommer : The Lutheran court preachers in Dresden. Basics of its history and proclamation in the Electorate of Saxony. Steiner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-515-08907-4 , ISBN 3-515-08907-1
Georg Christian Bernhard Pünjer : Mirus, Martin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 1.

Web links

Literature by and about Martin Mirus in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ According to the Annales ecclesiastici: " for the altar " (in front of the altar). Wolfgang Sommer: The Lutheran court preachers in Dresden: Basics of their history and proclamation in the Electorate of Saxony. Franz Steiner Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-515-08907-4 ( google.de [accessed on November 16, 2019]). An epitaph of 1608 from the Halberstadt Cathedral was with him linked , although it will not be because of the lack of death cross (15 years after his death) more about him.
↑ GEDBAS: Martin Dr theol. MIRUS. Retrieved November 17, 2019 .
↑ Hellmut Mirus, MIRUS - SIPPE VI THÜRINGEN STAMMTTAFEL 2.
↑ Historical commission at the royal. Academy of Sciences: Mirus, Adam Erdmann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Vol. 21 (= Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ). 1st edition. Duncker & Humblot, Munich / Leipzig 1885, p. 780 ( wikisource.org [accessed November 17, 2019]).
↑ History and Antiquity Association (Leisnig): Messages from the History and Antiquity Association in Leisnig . 1874 ( google.de [accessed on November 17, 2019]).

predecessor	Office	successor
Christian Schütz Johann Salmuth	Court preacher in Dresden 1574 - 1588 1591 - 1593	Johann Salmuth Polykarp Leyser the Elder

personal data
SURNAME	Mirus, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Myrus, Martin; Mirus, Martinus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Lutheran theologian and Saxon court preacher
DATE OF BIRTH	1532
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weida
DATE OF DEATH	August 14, 1593
Place of death	Karditz Castle near Oschatz

[1] According to the Annales ecclesiastici: " for the altar " (in front of the altar). Wolfgang Sommer: The Lutheran court preachers in Dresden: Basics of their history and proclamation in the Electorate of Saxony. Franz Steiner Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-515-08907-4 ( google.de [accessed on November 16, 2019]). An epitaph of 1608 from the Halberstadt Cathedral was with him linked , although it will not be because of the lack of death cross (15 years after his death) more about him.

[2] GEDBAS: Martin Dr theol. MIRUS. Retrieved November 17, 2019 .

[3] Hellmut Mirus, MIRUS - SIPPE VI THÜRINGEN STAMMTTAFEL 2.

[4] Historical commission at the royal. Academy of Sciences: Mirus, Adam Erdmann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Vol. 21 (= Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ). 1st edition. Duncker & Humblot, Munich / Leipzig 1885, p. 780 ( wikisource.org [accessed November 17, 2019]).

[5] History and Antiquity Association (Leisnig): Messages from the History and Antiquity Association in Leisnig . 1874 ( google.de [accessed on November 17, 2019]).