Matthias Martini (clergyman)

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Matthias Martini (born January 27, 1794 in Haag ; † February 20, 1868 in Trier ) was vicar general of the diocese of Trier from 1847 to 1868 .

Life

From 1815 to 1818 Martini studied at the Trier seminary and was ordained a priest in 1818. In 1827 he became rector of the Cusanus pen in Bernkastel-Kues and also served as pastor in Kues. There he sponsored the abbey library through numerous donations, which can still be proven today by means of provenance notes. In 1842 he became dean in Bernkastel. In 1844 he moved to the diocese administration in Trier as cathedral capital and was appointed vicar general by Bishop Wilhelm Arnoldi in 1847 . In the years 1865-1867 he had to take over again and again because of the poor health of the Trier Bishop Leopold Pelldram his official duties.

Martini published some historical studies and served as President of the Society for Useful Research in Trier in 1858 and 1863 . In 1864 he was appointed papal house prelate .

Appreciations

A plaque commemorates Matthias Martini in the cloister of Trier Cathedral . Since 2007, the square below the church in the center of Haag (Morbach) has been named after Vicar General Martini.

Fonts

  • Berncastel Castle, also called Landshut. Hetzrodt, Trier 1840.
  • The hospital cues. in: Monuments of the Roman period and the Middle Ages in Trier and its surroundings. 3. Lfg., Lintz, Trier 1841. pp. 35-66. ;
  • The bull Pius II against Duke Sigismund v. Austria-Tyrol v. 08/08/1640. In: Theologische Quartalsschrift 11 (1829). Pp. 573-591.
  • Ad liturgiam Ecclesiae Trevirorum. In: Church Official Gazette for the Diocese of Trier 4 (1865) pp. 54–63.

literature

  • Martin Persch:  Martini, Matthias, Vicar General. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 5, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-043-3 , Sp. 919-921.
  • Franz-Rudolf Reichert: The Trier vicar general Matthias Martini. In: Archive for Middle Rhine Church History 17 (1965), pp. 87–120.
  • Josef Schemer: In memoriam Matthias Martini from Haag. Vicar General under three Bishops of Trier. In: Yearbook for the Bernkastel-Wittlich district 1990, pp. 337–340.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Library of the St. Nikolaus Hospital (Cusanus Stift). In: Handbook of the historical book collections in Germany, Austria and Europe. Göttingen State and University Library, accessed on March 19, 2017 .
  2. ^ Entry on Matthias Martini in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database , accessed on March 19, 2017 .
  3. ↑ In honor of a patron. May 10, 2007, accessed December 28, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Martini, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, vicar general of the Trier diocese
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Hague (Morbach)
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1868
Place of death trier