Peter Homphaeus I
Peter Homphaeus I (* around 1480 in Cochem ; † August 28, 1556 in Emmerich ) was a German priest , educator and humanist .
life and career
Peter Homphaeus first attended a school of Frater men in Wolf on the Moselle River, on the establishment of Deventer was due since 1478 and taught in the spirit of humanism there.
After completing his school education, he went to Emmerich in 1516 to take a position as a master's degree in Latin at the St. Martini Abbey School , which with around 1,500 students was the largest of its kind in Germany. In 1521 he became rector and he began to make the school the focus of humanism on the Lower Rhine . As an author he wrote Pliny letters and a Latin grammar as early as 1530. In 1532 he let himself be exempted from his rectorate activities, presumably due to the Reformation unrest during this time, in order to be able to devote himself entirely to his profession and studies. His successor as rector was Matthias Bredenbach . From 1533 on he continued to teach fine sciences, philology and fine arts in school. He was still canon and dean at St. Martini Stift Emmerich.
When he died in 1556, he was buried in this church. With his estate he donated 12 free places for young people of Moselle origin interested in humanistic education.
literature
- Carl Krafft: Homphaeus, Peter . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 66 f.
- Alfons Friderichs (Ed.): Homphaeus (Humph), Peter . In: Personalities of the Cochem-Zell District, Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 160.
- Heinz Schmitt (Author): Peter Homphäus the Elder - Born around 1485, died in 1556 , a great humanist and educator from Cochem , in Heimatjahrbuch Cochem-Zell 2018, pp. 168–174.
- Heinz Schmitt: The Homphäus family of scholars, study foundations of the Cochem family in Emmerich and Trier , Heimatjahrbuch (HJB) Cochem-Zell 2019, pp. 141–144.
Works
- Homphaeus, Peter as co-author in Institutionum Grammaticarum libri II, Colonia 1550.Retrieved October 17, 2018
- Homphaeus, Peter as co-author in ALDI | MANVTII | ROMANI, INSTITV = TIONVM GRAMMA ..., Cologne 1542 Retrieved on October 17, 2018
Web links
- Entry on Peter Homphaeus I in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
- Peter Homphaeus in the German Digital Library.Retrieved October 17, 2018
- Homphäus (Cochemensis), Peter Retrieved October 17, 2018
- "Peter Homphäus (Cochemesis)" (GSN: 057-00530-004), in: Germania Sacra (accessed: June 4, 2019).
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peter Homphaeus I |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Homphaeus, Peter; Humph, Peter; Cochemensis, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German priest and humanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1480 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cochem |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1556 |
| Place of death | Emmerich |