Petrus Mederus

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Petrus Mederus , Latinized for Peter Meder , also Medaer , Medaerus (* 1602 in Zeiden , † January 11, 1678 in Kronstadt ) was a Transylvanian-Saxon poet , clergyman , theologian and educator .

Life

Mederus was the son of poor parents. He began his education at the Kronstadt grammar school . For his further education he wanted to visit other well-known schools, but was only equipped with five cruisers . He is said to have left Kronstadt around 1630. His first station was the Thorner Gymnasium , from which he moved to the Academic Gymnasium Danzig . With this previous education he went on to Rostock . There he was matriculated at the University of Rostock as Petrus Mederus, Czydinensis Transsylvani . At this university he devoted himself to studying theology , philosophy and classical philology and at least obtained his master's degree . Presumably he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . During this extended period of study he hired himself as a private tutor .

Mederus already distinguished himself as a poet at this time. On April 25, 1638 he was honored by Count Palatine Hadrian von Mynsicht with the poet's crown , as an imperial crowned poet. Then he returned to his home in Transylvania. In 1638 he was still a teacher at the Kronstadt grammar school, in 1640 he was given the post of rector , which he held over the next four years. Five more years followed in which it is unknown what activity Meder pursued.

Mederus became pastor in the city of Honigberg in 1649 . In 1653 he received the pastor's office in his hometown of Zeiden, but one year later, on November 19, 1654, he followed a call as city pastor back to Kronstadt. In this position he held the office of dean of the Burzenland chapter from around 1670 until the end of his life . In this capacity he is said to have published several theological writings.

Works (selection)

A list of his writings can be found in the writer's lexicon at Joseph Trausch as well as a list of a selection of his poems in the volume by Joachim Wittstock and Stefan Sienerth . Including:

  • Plague song and plague prayer , 1647.
  • Oratio pastoris animarum rhytmica , 1654 (probably written as early as 1649).
  • Thanksgiving for Victory Received , 1655.
  • Prayer for a widower , 1656.

literature

  • Joseph Mück: History of the Kronstädter Gymnasium. Gött, Kronstadt 1845. pp. 54–57.
  • Joseph Trausch : Mederus, Petrus. In: Writer's lexicon or biographical-literary thought sheets of the Transylvanian Germans. 2nd volume. Gött, Kronstadt 1870. pp. 400–406.
  • Eugen von Friedenfels :  Mederus, Petrus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 167 f.
  • The poetic work of Petrus Mederus. In: Joachim Wittstock , Stefan Sienerth : The German literature of Transylvania. 1st half volume: Middle Ages, Humanism and Baroque. Verlag Südostdeutsches Kulturwerk, Munich 1997. pp. 255–258.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The GND and all academic libraries in the German-speaking area based on it use this main form of name.
  2. ↑ Entry Mederus in the matriculation portal of the University of Rostock (accessed on September 5, 2017).
personal data
SURNAME Mederus, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meder, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Transylvanian-Saxon poet, clergyman and educator
DATE OF BIRTH 1602
PLACE OF BIRTH Zeiden
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1678
Place of death Kronstadt