Michael Hummelberger

Michael Hummelberger , also: Hummelberg , Humelberg (* 1487 in Ravensburg ; † May 19, 1527 ibid) was a German humanist and philologist .

Michael Hummelberger was named after his father (Krämer and Ravensburger council member) and grandfather. His mother's name was Anna and was a née Kupferschmid from Bludenz . He was the brother of the humanist and botanist Gabriel Hummelberger , and Jacob Hummelberger, who was a merchant in Ravensburg.

After attending the Ravensburger Latin School and Heidelberg University (Baccalaureus artium 1503), Michael Hummelberger went to Paris , where he became a close friend of Beatus Rhenanus . In 1505 he received his master's degree , in 1506 and 1511 he held the office of procurator of the German nation at Paris University . From 1514 to 1517 he studied canon law in Rome. Ordained a priest in Constance in 1518 , he became chaplain of the Andreas chaplaincy to St. Michael in Ravensburg in 1521 . Despite sympathy with Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli , he remained Catholic and died unmarried without children.

Hummelberger was best known through his correspondence and contacts with famous humanists, including: Johannes Reuchlin , Konrad Peutinger , Beatus Rhenanus , Erasmus von Rotterdam , Willibald Pirckheimer , Caspar Ursinus Velius , Heinrich Bebel , Johannes Brassicanus , Thomas Anshelm , Joachim Vadian , Christoph Schappeler , Urbanus Rhegius , Johann Froben , Philipp Melanchthon . The main work of the excellent Graecist is a Greek school grammar (published posthumously by Beatus Rhenanus under the title Epitomae grammaticae Graecae ). Hummelberger published the Ausonius in 1517 .

literature

• Joachim Fugmann : Humanists and humanism on Lake Constance in the first half of the 16th century. The humanist circles in Constance and Lindau . In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and Its Surroundings . 107. Jg. 1989, pp. 107-190, on Hummelberg pp. 131-135
• Ulrich Gaier, Monika Küble, Wolfgang Schürle (eds.): Schwabenspiegel. Literature from the Neckar to Lake Constance 1000-1800 . Volume I. Oberschwäbische Elektrizitätswerke, Ulm 2003, ISBN 3-937184-01-5 , p. 434
• Adalbert Horawitz : Michael Hummelberger. A biographical sketch . Berlin 1875
• Adalbert (Heinrich) Horawitz:  Hummelberg, Michael . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 388 f.
• Immanuel Kammerer: The position of the Ravensburg humanist Michael Hummelberg to the Reformation . In: Leaves for Württemberg Church History . 57/58. Vol. 1957/1958, pp. 26-43
• Gerhard Podhradsky: A Collectaneum by the humanist Michael Hummelberg . In: Vorarlberger Landesmuseumsverein: Jahrbuch 135. 1991, pp. 305-310 (not viewed)
• Johannes Reuchlin: Correspondence . Edited by Matthias Dall'Asta and Gerald Dörner. Volume 3. Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-7728-1985-8 , p. 23f. (Biogram with further information)
• Francis Schlienger: Beatus Rhenanus et Michel Hummelberg. "Il primo amore" . In: Annuaire des Amis de la Bibliothèque Humaniste de Sélestat . 53rd year 2003, pp. 75-92
• Ludwig Welti :  Hummelberg, Michael. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , pp. 56-58 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Wikisource: Michael Hummelberger  - Sources and full texts

• Latin works on the Internet