Matthew Tympius

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Matthäus Tympius (* 1566 in Heessen ; † March 26, 1616 in Münster ; also: Tympe , Timpe ; pseudonym: Paulus Pytthmaetus ) was a pedagogue, Catholic theologian and author and translator of spiritual literature.

Life

After studying theology at the University of Cologne from 1586 to 1593, Tympius was professor of philosophy and rhetoric at the Laurentianum grammar school in Cologne and then vice-principal in Jülich . After his ordination in 1595 he was rector of the Osnabrück cathedral school , from 1608 he was the rain of the Collegium Dettenianum and cathedral preacher at the cathedral in Münster . He is considered to be the intellectual pioneer in founding the University of Münster .

plant

During his time in Münster, Tympius published over 80 publications, including:

  • Child breeding, or Kurtzer report from the parents taking care of their dear children ... Münster 1610 ( [1] )
  • Mirror of the married couple, or a brief report, like the preacher ... The married couple should instruct them from their office and owed duty . Raßfeldt, Münster i. W. 1615 (Regensburger UB 21 / B 6168907 indicated 4)
  • Considerable and important reasons why in the Wollöblichen place of Munster ... a highly famous university or academia should be founded and founded . Münster 1612 (copy in the Münster State Archives, reprint 1980 with an afterword by Hans Dollinger ).

literature

  • Birgit Boge, Georg Bogner (eds.): Oratio funebris: the Catholic funeral sermon of the early modern era: twelve studies: with a catalog of German-language Catholic funeral sermons in individual prints 1576–1799 from the holdings of the Klosterneuburg Abbey Library and the Eichstätt University Library. Rodopi, Amsterdam; Atlanta 1999, ISBN 9042007486 , page 153
  • Giel van Gemert: The works of Ægidius Albertinus (1560-1620): a contribution to the research of the German-language literature of the Catholic reform movement in Bavaria around 1600 and its sources. Holland University Press, Amsterdam 1979, ISBN 9030213515 , page 764
  • Guillaume van Gemert: Tympius, Tympe, Timpe, Matthaeus. In: Walther Killy (ed.): Literaturlexikon. Vol. 11, p. 460
  • Arno Herzig : The compulsion to believe. Recatholization from the 16th to the 18th century. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 3525013841 , page 55.
  • Wilhelm Kohl: The cathedral monastery of St. Paul in Münster. 1989, ISBN 3-11-012043-7 , page 249 f.
  • Erik Margraf: The wedding sermon of the early modern era: with a bibliography of the independently published wedding sermon prints from the Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, the Augsburg State and City Library and the Augsburg University Library. Utz, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8316-0669-6
  • Lieselotte Steveling: Jurists in Münster: A contribution to the history of the law and political science faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster / Westphalia. Münster: LIT 1999 ISBN 3825840840 , page 29 f.
  • Paul Bahlmann:  Tympe, Matthäus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, pp. 53-55.

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personal data
SURNAME Tympius, Matthew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pytthmaetus, Paulus; Timpe; Tympe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Rector of the Osnabrück Cathedral School
DATE OF BIRTH 1566
PLACE OF BIRTH Heessen
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1616
Place of death Muenster