Petrus Mosellanus

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Petrus Mosellanus, around 1520

Petrus Mosellanus (* 1493 as Peter Schade in Bruttig - hence also called Prote - or Protogensis - on the Moselle , hence Mosellanus ; † April 19, 1524 in Leipzig ) was a humanist, philologist and Roman Catholic theologian with sympathies for Martin Luther and other reformers.

Petrus Mosellanus' signature

Life

Mosellanus studied from 1509 to 1511 (Baccalaureus philosophiae) at about the same time with Konrad Heresbach , Johannes Bockenrod and Gerhard Westerburg at the University of Cologne at the strictly Thomistic Bursa Montana founded by the theologian Heinrich von Gorkum . In the summer semester of 1515, he enrolled at the University of Leipzig , where, after studying fine arts and theology, he obtained the degree of Magister artium on December 28, 1519, that of cursors (Baccalaureus biblicus) on August 20, 1520 and on September 9, 1520. November 1523 he received his doctorate as Sententiarius. In 1517 he took over the professorship for the Greek language. There he continued the work of Richard Crocus , who in turn moved to Cambridge University . Mosellanus' students included u. a. Julius von Pflug , Georgius Agricola , Joachim Camerarius the Elder and Christoph Hegendorf .

With the Wittenberg theologian Philipp Melanchthon , whom Mosellanus met in August 1518, a deep friendship developed over the years, which could not be shaken by different theological views (Melanchthon was a Lutheran). Melanchthon was later present at Mosellanus' death.

In 1519 Mosellanus gave the (Latin) opening speech for the Leipzig disputation between the Catholic theologian Johannes Eck and the reformers around Martin Luther and Andreas Bodenstein (called Karlstadt). His attempt to mediate between the parties to the dispute failed. He sympathized with the reformers; he himself was a "staunch Erasmian" - he was connected to an intensive correspondence.

He worked as a master's degree at the Thomas School in Leipzig . In the summer semester of 1520 and summer semester of 1523, Mosellanus was rector of Leipzig University . From 1520 until his death he was a member of the Große Fürstenkolleg in Leipzig.

His grave was in the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig, but is no longer there, as all grave sites were built over during the classicist renovation of the church.

Memorial plaque in Bruttig

Honors

In Bruttig-Fankel there is a small memorial plaque at the house where he was born in the district of Bruttig, as well as the Petrus Mosellanus Fountain next to the old town hall, set up by the Verkehrs- und Verönerungsverein Bruttig-Fankel.

In addition, the Petrus Mosellanus primary school and a street in the village bear his name.

Works (selection)

  • Oratio de variarum linguarum cognitione . Valentin Schumann, Leipzig 1518. ( digitized from STABI Berlin )
  • De Ratione disputandi, praesertim in re Theologica . Melchior Lotter , Leipzig 1519. ( Digitized from Leipzig University Library )
  • Divi Clavdiani Mamerti Vienensis Galliarvm Episcopi. De Statv Animae. Libri Tres . Hornken & Hitorpius, Basel 1520. ( digitized from ULB Düsseldorf )
  • Pedologia. Dialogi XXXVII . Nickel Schmidt, Leipzig 1525. (multi-part work together with Christoph Hegendorph, digitized from Leipzig University Library)
  • Noctes atticae. Accesserunt eruditissimi viri Petri Mosellani in easdem perdoctae adnotationes . Martin Gymnich, Cologne 1537. (New edition of the Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius , edited by Mosellanus , digitized from STABI Berlin)

literature

  • John L. Flood: Mosellanus (Schade), Petrus. In: Franz Josef Worstbrock (Ed.): German Humanism 1480-1520. Author Lexicon. Vol. 2. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin + New York 2009–2013, Col. 239–255.
  • Oswald Gottlob Schmidt: Petrus Mosellanus. A contribution to the history of humanism in Saxony. Fleischer, Leipzig 1867 ( Google Books ).
  • Hermann Michel (ed.): Petrus Mosellanus Paedologia (Latin literary monuments of the 15th and 16th centuries 18). Weidmann, Berlin 1906. ( digitized version )
  • RF Seybolt: Renaissance Student Life. The Paedologia of Petrus Mosellanus. University of Illinois press, Urbana 1927. (with English translation of the Paedologia )
  • Robert Schober: Petrus Mosellanus, 1493–1524, a forgotten Moselle humanist. Görres-Verlag, Koblenz 1979.
  • Manfred Ostermann: Festschrift for the 500th anniversary of Petrus Mosellanus. Grossig-Fankel municipality, 1993.
  • Ludwig Geiger :  Mosellanus, Petrus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 358 f.
  • Heinrich Grimm:  Mosellanus, Petrus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 170 f. ( Digitized version )., Mentioned in Frieder Jentzsch:  Rülein von Calw, Ulrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 222 ( digitized version ).
  • Georg Erler (Ed.): The register of the University of Leipzig. Volume 1: The matriculations from 1409–1559. Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig 1895; Pp. 571, 587.
  • Georg Erler (Ed.): The register of the University of Leipzig. Volume 2: The PhDs from 1409–1559. Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig 1897, pp. 25 f., 543 f.
  • Jürgen Römer: Petrus Mosellanus. Monograph by a humanist who is neglected in education. Ruhr University, Bochum 1983.

Web links

Commons : Petrus Mosellanus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Leipzig: Leipziger Disputation 1519
  2. ^ Schmidt: Petrus Mosellanus , 1867, pp. 44 ff.
  3. ↑ Flood: Mosellanus , 2009, col. 241.
  4. ↑ Manfred Mezger, Bernhard Knick (Ed.): St. Thomas zu Leipzig. School and choir. Place of work of Johann Sebastian Bach. Pictures and documents on the history of the St. Thomas School and the St. Thomas Choir with their contemporary historical relationships . Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1963, p. 76.
personal data
SURNAME Mosellanus, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES It's a shame, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Philologist, Roman Catholic theologian and Doctor of the Church
DATE OF BIRTH 1493
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruttig (today Bruttig-Fankel ) on the Moselle
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 1524
Place of death Leipzig