Paul Mathesius

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Paul Mathesius (also Matthesius ; born January 28, 1548 in Sankt Joachimsthal , † October 17, 1584 in Oschatz ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

Born as the son of Johannes Mathesius and his wife Sybille geb. Richter, Mathesius received a solid education in his hometown from the school there. His father advised him to pursue a school office, so that he enrolled on May 8, 1561 at the University of Wittenberg under the rectorate of Georg Major . With the support of Christoph Pezel , he was able to acquire the academic degree of a master's degree in the philosophy faculty on August 26, 1574 at the academy .

In 1575 he went to the University of Leipzig as a professor of theology and was later asked by the city council of Oschatz to take over the superintendent's position there. After asking permission to do so from the Meißner Consistory, he was ordained for this office on October 28, 1577 by Polykarp Leyser the Elder in Wittenberg. In the crypto-calvinist disputes of his time, he took the position of the Gnesiolutherans . At the age of 36 he fell ill with the plague and died on October 17, 1584. His body was buried in the town church.

Mathesius was married to Magaretha, the daughter of the electoral Saxon court preacher and later superintendent in Weißenfels Georg Lysthenius . From this marriage we know that a daughter Magaratha († January 16, 1637 in Leipzig), who married Paul Perner, and a son Johannes, who became a deacon in Lausig and later in Waldheim, emerged. The son of his son, Christian Gottfried von Mathesien, is known, who wrote the genealogy of his family, which was printed in 1705. This entered Russian service and was ennobled. We know of Mathesius that he owned his father's library and manuscripts, which were probably lost in a fire in Oschatz in 1616. His wife married the second marriage to the deacon Johann Gregorius from Weißenfels.

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personal data
SURNAME Mathesius, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matthesius, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1548
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Joachimsthal
DATE OF DEATH October 17, 1584
Place of death Oschatz