Nikolaus von Schönberg
Nikolaus Cardinal von Schönberg OP (born August 11, 1472 in Schönberg , † September 7, 1537 in Rome ) traveled all over Europe as Archbishop of Capua and envoy of the Pope.
Life
As a descendant of those von Schönberg , Nikolaus started a career in the church. He was most recently a member of the papal college of cardinals in Rome and twice stood for papal election .
In 1533 his secretary Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter gave a series of lectures in Rome in which he explained the theories of Nicolaus Copernicus , presumably mainly on the basis of the Commentariolus , which Copernicus had made available to a few acquaintances from around 1509. The lectures aroused great interest from Cardinals and Clemens VII. Friends and colleagues had long urged the now over 60-year-old to publish it.
On November 1, 1536, Cardinal von Schönberg, now retired, wrote a letter to Copernicus urging Copernicus to publish his theory. He offered to pay for the printing. Schönberg had commissioned Dietrich von Rheden to write everything down and deliver it at his own expense. Copernicus had his main work De revolutionibus orbium coelestium published in 1543, after Schönberg's death or shortly before his own death, and in the introduction he reproduced Schönberg's letter in full.
In Pierre Gassendi 's biography of Copernicus from 1654, Schönberg is given as an early follower of his view of the world.
literature
- Franz Menges : Schönberg (Schomberg), from. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 386 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Johannes Madey : Schönberg (also: Schomberg, Scomber), Nikolaus v. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 9, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-058-1 , Sp. 619-620.
Web links
- Schönberg, OP, Nikolaus von. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 6, 2016.
- Entry on Nikolaus von Schönberg on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 6, 2016.
- Short biography on the von Schönberg family homepage
Remarks
- ↑ He was the son of Dietrich von Schönberg auf Rothschönberg and Katharina von Maltitz.
- ↑ Johann Christoph Gottsched : Commemorative speech on the immortally deserving cathedral gentleman in Frauenberg, Nicolaus Copernicus , Leipzig 1743.
- ↑ Nicolaus Coppernicus from Thorn on the circular movements of the cosmic bodies. Preface .
- ^ Ad lectorem de hypothesibus huius operis. 1543 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
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Ippolito I. d'Este (Administrator) |
Archbishop of Capua 1520–1536 |
Tommaso Caracciolo |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schönberg, Nikolaus von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schönberg, Nikolaus Cardinal von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German archbishop, theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1472 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schoenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1537 |
| Place of death | Rome |