Martinus Coronaeus (pastor, 1539)

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Martinus Coronaeus ( Latinized from: Krey ) (* around 1539 in St. Margarethen ; † February 25, 1585 in Kiel ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran pastor.

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Martinus Coronaeus was a son of Martin Krey ( Latinized : Coronaeus ) and a woman whose name was unknown. His father was a master's and was active as the first Lutheran pastor of St. Margarethen from around 1525 to 1545.

Coronaeus himself declared in the dedication of the memorial for Johann Rantzau that he was mainly raised in his house and by his family. He also thanked him for many benefits. It is unclear what period he meant by that. Reliable evidence only exists for stays at the Breitenburg and support from Rantzau's son Heinrich Rantzau , which he only received after his studies. Coronaeus began studying theology at the University of Wittenberg in the fall of 1557 , where he probably heard from Melanchthon . He also dealt with astronomy , which Heinrich Rantzau was also interested in. After completing his master's degree, Coronaeus worked as a tutor for Rantzau's sons from 1565. When Johann Rantzau died in the same year, Heinrich Rantzau probably wrote a memorandum to which Coronaeus may only have written the dedication.

His patron Rantzau campaigned for Coronaeus to get a pastor's position in Beidenfleth in 1567 . His good relationship with General Superintendent Paul von Eitzen probably helped him to move to St. Nikolai Church in Kiel in 1570 , where he was chief pastor until the end of his life.

When Kursachsen a unification of the German Lutheranism by the Formula of Concord tried, Coronaeus party sided with von Eitzen, regarded as the most important theological authority and took up the Melanchthon against the Agreement. In 1576 Coronaeus signed a critical opinion on the so-called Torgian Book , which was a preliminary work for the Agreement. Together with 17 other Gottorf theologians, he wrote a critical opinion on the so-called Bergische Buch in December 1579 . In the same year, he made such polemical statements about the Agreement and its North German supporters at sermons that the Lübeck Superintendent Andreas Pouchenius the Elder submitted a complaint about him to the Kiel Council for this reason.

Coronaeus had what was probably a valuable library. Duke Adolf von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf bought several books from the estate, but only gave Coronaeus' widow money for them five years after the death of her husband. From Coronaeus' marriage to his wife, who is not known by name († after 1590), three sons can be proven who worked as pastors. One of his grandchildren was a pastor of the same name .

literature

  • Dieter Lohmeier : Coronaeus, Martinus . In: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 11-2000. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982-2011, ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , pp. 82-83.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Dieter Lohmeier: Coronaeus, Martinus . In: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 11 - 2000. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011, ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , p. 82.
  2. ↑ Dieter Lohmeier: Coronaeus, Martinus . In: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 11-2000. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982-2011, ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , pp. 82-83.
  3. ^ A b Dieter Lohmeier: Coronaeus, Martinus . In: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 11 - 2000. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011, ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , p. 83.
personal data
SURNAME Coronaeus, Martinus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krey, Martinus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor
DATE OF BIRTH 1539
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Margarethen
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1585
Place of death Kiel