Michael Suppan

Michael Suppan (also Michel Suppan ; * around 1520 probably in Würzburg ; † April 29, 1584 ) was the second rector of the University of Würzburg in 1583 after its (re) establishment. In addition, he held the important position of vicar general of the diocese of Würzburg.

Life

Michael Suppan was born around 1520. The surname Suppan appears again and again in various sources in the city of Würzburg, which is why Suppan's origin from Würzburg is likely. The Suppan family belonged to the bourgeois upper class of the prince-bishop's residence city and placed several canons in the collegiate monasteries Haug and Neumünster . With Philipp Suppan, the family even came from a dean of the Hauger Stift.

The youth and education of young Michael are in the dark. In order to pursue a priestly career, Suppan had to have completed a degree. However, it does not appear in any of the then important universities in Central and Southern Europe. The older literature attributes Michael Suppan a doctorate in philosophy . In any case, in 1533 Suppan received the tonsure , in 1541 the minor orders. In 1546 and 1547 he was initially a subdeacon and a short time later a deacon . On February 24, 1548, Suppan was ordained a priest.

Shortly after his consecration, Suppan was already active as a chapter in the Haug Abbey. In 1553 he received his first benefice at the Vicarie St. Nicolai in Gerolzhofen . Within the pen, Suppan rose quickly. As a dean, he was soon a kind of head of the secular canons and at times also held the representative office of the turnar . Suppan had also been able to acquire legal fundamentals during his studies and was therefore also able to certify documents as a notary.

This gave him a double role in the Prince Diocese of Würzburg and was quickly appointed to the Prince-Bishop's Fiscal Department. He also issued invoices for the Hochstift, including those for the Marxenkloster in Würzburg. In the 1570s Suppan is mentioned for the first time as vicar general. In this function he wrote, among other things, documents about the vicarie in Markelsheim and about the Bronnbach monastery . In 1579 he invested a priest in Kottspiel near Schwäbisch Hall.

Suppan continued to rise under Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn , who was elected Prince-Bishop in 1573 . He also prepared the final document on the election of the new bishop; the first was initially declared invalid by the cathedral chapter because of the use of a lay notary. Later he entered into negotiations on behalf of the bishop with the monasteries of Kaisheim and Wechterswinkel , which were finally dissolved due to multiple destruction.

Echter appointed Michael Suppan a member of his spiritual council , the older literature assuming that he chaired this body. Before the Prince-Bishop went to Cologne for the so-called Pacification Day in 1579, Suppan was among the members who had to swear allegiance to Julius Echter. Suppan excelled in his role as clergyman in particular as a reformer of the St. Afra monastery in Würzburg.

At the same time, Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn also used the versatile Suppan at the newly founded University of Würzburg. Suppan was Dean of the Faculty of Law as early as 1582, and Echter appointed him to the position of Deputy Rector in 1583. Echter held the office of rector magnificus himself, but Suppan largely took over the administrative tasks. In 1583 he was promoted to real rector. Michael Suppan died on April 29, 1584.

literature

• Veronika Heilmannseder: The spiritual council of the diocese of Würzburg under Friedrich von Wirsberg (1558–1573) and Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (1573–1617) (= sources and research on the history of the diocese and bishopric of Würzburg, vol. LXXIII) . Wuerzburg 2014.

Web links

• WürzburgWiki: Michel Suppan

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heilmannseder, Veronika: The Spiritual Council of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 366.
2. ↑ Heilmannseder, Veronika: The Spiritual Council of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 368.
3. ↑ Heilmannseder, Veronika: The Spiritual Council of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 369.