Nicolaus Serarius

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Nicolaus Serarius (born December 5, 1555 in Rambervillers , † May 30, 1609 in Mainz ) was a Lorraine Jesuit, exegete and church historian .

Life

He began his studies in Remiremont . From 1569 to 1573, he studied philosophy in Cologne. On March 3, 1573, he joined the Society of Jesus .

He taught philosophy and theology at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg , which was re-established in 1582 by Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn . From 1589 to 1590 he was vice-rector of the university, in 1591 he became a lecturer in metaphysics . From 1595 he taught theology at the College of the Jesuits in Mainz , which was officially recognized as part of the Electoral University ( see also: Jesuit Novitiate ). He mainly left comments on the biblical books.

Works

His remarkable oeuvre has never been evaluated or published in its entirety.

Works about Mainz, the Archbishopric etc.

The five-part work on the history of the archdiocese , the archbishops and the city, supplemented by notes and additions, formed part of the collection of sources by the historical researcher Georg Christian Joannis on the history of Mainz from the beginnings to Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg .

  • Moguntiacarum Rerum ab initio usque ad reverendissimum et illustrissimum hodiernum Archiepiscopum, ac Electorem, Dominum D. Ioannem Schwicharum Libri quinque. Mainz, publisher Balthasar Lipp, 1604
  • Nicolai Serarii, Societatis Iesv Theologi, Rervm Mogvntinensivm Libri Qvinqve . - Francofvrti Ad Moenvm: von Sande, 1722. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf

More fonts

  • Opusculorum theologicorum RP Nicolai Serarii Rambervillani Societatis Jesu Theologi tomi tres . Mainz 1611.
  • Prolegomena bibliaca . Mainz 1612.

literature

  • Rolf Decot : Beginnings of the Jesuits in Mainz and their historical research on the Archbishopric (Nicolaus Serarius). Confessional conflict, church structure, cultural change. The Jesuits in the Empire after 1556. In: Publications of the Institute for European History , Supplement 77; Mainz 2007, pp. 41-65.
  • Gudrun Uhlenbrock: Personal bibliography of professors of the Philosophical Faculty of the Alma Mater Julia Wirceburgensis from 1582-1803 , III (Dissertation Erlangen-Nürnberg) 1973, pp. 19-27.
  • Augustin Calmet : Bibliothèque lorraine ou histoire des hommes illustres qui ont fleuri en Lorraine etc. , Nancy 1751, 886–891
  • Johann Peter Schunk: Contributions to the History of Mainz , III Mainz 1790, pp. 171–173
  • Sommervogel VII, 1134–1145, IX 851 f.
  • HN III, 499-503
  • Franz Heinrich Reusch :  Serarius, Nikolaus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 36 f.

source

  • Aimé André: Dictionnaire biographique universel et pittoresque , Aimé André, libraire-éditeur, 1834.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Remnants of a castle library auctioned ( Memento from August 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Serarius, Nicolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lorraine Jesuit, exegete and historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1555
PLACE OF BIRTH Rambervillers
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1609
Place of death Mainz