Nicolaus Gallus

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Nicolaus Gallus, engraving by Johann Franck
Nicolaus Gallus

Nikolaus Gallus , also: Hahn, Han, Gall (* around 1516 in Köthen (Anhalt) ; † July 15, 1570 in Bad Liebenzell ) was a Lutheran theologian and worked as a reformer in Regensburg .

Life

As the son of the Princely Anhalt Court Councilor and Mayor Peter Hahn (died January 23, 1525) and his wife Anna, nee. Gottschalk was born in Koethen, Nikolaus Hahn. He was already enrolled in Wittenberg in 1530 and received his master's degree there in 1537. He traveled to southern Germany with letters of recommendation from Philipp Melanchthon . When the Reformation was introduced in Regensburg in 1542 and the council asked for a respected Lutheran preacher from Nuremberg, Johann Forster first went to Regensburg. After him came Hieronymus Noppus from Wittenberg in 1543 , accompanied by Gallus as deacon, who had been ordained by Johannes Bugenhagen . Gallus married in Regensburg in 1544. When he wrote his critical work “Concerns on the Interim” after the Augsburg Interim , he had to leave the city.

Gallus returned to Wittenberg, became a preacher at the Wittenberg Castle Church , for a time represented Caspar Cruciger the Elder and was soon called to the St. Ulrich Church in Magdeburg . There he joined Matthias Flacius and fought the Philippists . After the city surrendered in 1550, he stayed there for the time being, but was able to return to Regensburg in 1553, where he took the position of the Gnesiolutherans from then on . As superintendent in Regensburg , Gallus actively supported the painter Michael Ostendorfer , who was always in financial distress , who was commissioned by him to make woodcuts for book illustrations for the Reformation literature and in 1554 was commissioned to make a Reformation altarpiece for the Neupfarrkirche .

In addition to Melanchthon, Gallus also fought Johannes Brenz , who answered him skillfully. Gallus represented his party at the convention in Frankfurt in 1557 and he also managed to win the city of Regensburg over. His congregation respected the theologian for the sake of his diligence, his upright demeanor and his strict way of life. So he fought z. B. in Regensburg stubbornly for the abolition of women's shelters , which were operated illegally, especially during the Reichstag. As a result, the city council decided in 1553 to close and sell “lewd houses”.

Gallus quickly aged in the fighting and died on cure. His body was transferred to Regensburg and buried there.

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  • Josua Opitz : A Christian funeral sermon. At the request of the venerable and highly learned Mr. Nicolai Galli, pastor, and superintendent of the Christian community in Regenspurg [with a picture by Nicolaus Gallus], Regensburg: Johann Burger 1570 ( digital copy of the Bavarian State Library Munich)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Bauer: Regensburg Art, Culture and Everyday History . 6th edition. MZ-Buchverlag in H. Gietl Verlag & Publication Service GmbH, Regenstauf 2014, ISBN 978-3-86646-300-4 , p. 171 .
  2. ^ Karl Bauer: Regensburg Art, Culture and Everyday History . 6th edition. MZ-Buchverlag in H. Gietl Verlag & Publication Service GmbH, Regenstauf 2014, ISBN 978-3-86646-300-4 , p. 102 .

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personal data
SURNAME Gallus, Nicolaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gall, Nicolaus; Han, Nicolaus; Hahn, Nicolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German reformer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1516
PLACE OF BIRTH Koethen
DATE OF DEATH June 1570
Place of death Bad Liebenzell