Matthäus Flege

Matthäus Flege , also Flegius , Musca or Musa (* Lübeck or on Fehmarn ; † June 29, 1564 in Rostock ) was a contentious Lutheran preacher during the Reformation in Rostock.

Flege enrolled at the University of Rostock in 1552 and studied theology . In 1558 he was a deacon at the Marienkirche in Rostock . In 1561 he received a Baccalaureus in theology from the University of Rostock .

He became known as a combative and popular preacher who openly spoke out against the Rostock superintendent Johann Draconites and his successor Johann Kittel . This led to conflicts between the city and the Mecklenburg dukes. His dismissal by the city council of Rostock was prevented by the protest of the 1960 committee and the public pressure of the majority of the citizens. A mocking poem from 1561 dealt with his controversial personality. The Rostock rector Johann Boukius gave him the funeral oration and certified that he had been a faithful believer in the (new) teaching. However , he was unable to achieve his goal of converting the Catholic nuns in the Rostock monastery to the Holy Cross .

The Greifswald pastor and professor of theology Matthäus Flege , who received his doctorate from the University of Rostock in 1594. theol. PhD is believed to be one of his seven children.

literature

• Karl Ernst Hermann Krause:  Flege, Matthäus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 112 f.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See the entry for matriculation by Matthäus Flege in the Rostock matriculation portal
2. ↑ See the entry of the doctorate on the bachelor's degree by Matthäus Flege in the Rostock matriculation portal
3. ^ Wiggers in: Friedrich Lisch , Jahrb. XIX. The mocking poem in the congratulatory letter from the Rostock high school to Fritzsche , 1875.
4. ↑ See the entry for a doctorate by Matthäus Flege in the Rostock matriculation portal

Web links

• Literature on Matthäus Flege in the state bibliography MV