Nicolaus Johannis

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Nicolaus Johannis (* late 15th century in Hadersleben ; † November 15, 1558 in Flensburg ) was a Flensburg pastor and provost in Sundewitt .

Live and act

Johannis could have enrolled in 1506 to study at the University of Rostock. In 1513 he joined the Holy Corpse Guild, which had an altar in the then Catholic St. Mary's Church in Flensburg . At that time he was principal of the parish school . Obviously he became vicar of the guild altar before the introduction of the Reformation and received its income until the end of his life . The last Catholic Church Lord of St. Marien agreed to include him in the caland .

In the mid-1520s, Johannis turned to Martin Luther's teaching and tried to spread the Protestant faith. His appointment as pastor of the Marienkirche should be due to Prince Christian III. be due. It is unclear when Johannis first preached as a Lutheran pastor. The church book of the Marienkirche shows that this took place on the 1st Sunday of Advent in 1526. However, other sources write that Gerd Slewert was the first Lutheran pastor in Flensburg to preach on that day, initially at the Nikolaikirche , and on the following Sundays in the Marienkirche and the Johanniskirche . After that, Johannis would not have taken over the office at the Marienkirche until 1527.

Christian III In the following years transferred important visitations to Lutheran clergymen of the Duchy of Schleswig , in which Gottschalk von Ahlefeldt was a Catholic bishop until 1542 . In 1538 he brought the most important personalities to Gottorf , including Slewert and Johannis. Slewert was appointed provost of the Flensburg and Tondern offices there. Johannis should the clergy and the church estates of offices Sonderburgstraße and Norburg supervise.

On April 1, 1540, Johannis was appointed superintendent or provost. His visitation area also included the offices of Alsen and Ærø , which historically belonged to the Diocese of Odense . The Danish Imperial Council and the nobility of Funen therefore appealed against Johannis. After a few weeks, its area of ​​action was reduced to the area of ​​Sundewitt. From 1541 he took over the visitation of the two still existing field monasteries Lügumkloster and Rudekloster together with the church lords of St. Nikolai and St. Johannis . Because of his services to the restoration of the church, the king had grain delivered to him from his mill every year from 1550.

family

Johannis was married to Anna Laurentii, who was still alive in 1564. The couple likely had several sons and daughters. The son Nicolaus Theophilus was born in Flensburg in 1541. A daughter of unknown name married the pastor Johannes Berndes . Another daughter, unknown by name, married Georg Schröder (Sartorius) (July 6, 1592), rector of the parish school of St. Marien in Flensburg and then pastor in Feldstedt .

literature

  • Gerhard Kraack: Johannis, Nicolaus . in: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon . Volume 5. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979. ISBN 3-529-02645-X , pages 141-143.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This year Nicolaus Johannis "de Bocksom" ( entry in the Rostock matriculation portal ) and Nicolaus Johannis from Flensburg ( matriculation entry ) enrolled .
  2. ↑ a b c d Gerhard Kraack: Johannis, Nicolaus . in: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon . Volume 5. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979. ISBN 3-529-02645-X , page 142.
  3. ^ Gerhard Kraack: Johannis, Nicolaus . in: Schleswig-Holstein biographical lexicon . Volume 5. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979. ISBN 3-529-02645-X , page 141.
personal data
SURNAME Johannis, Nicolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flensburg pastor and provost in Sundewitt
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Hadersleben
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1558
Place of death Flensburg