Peter van Walenburch

The van Walenburch brothers, Peter van Walenburch on the right

Peter van Walenburch (* 1610 in Rotterdam ; † December 21, 1675 in Cologne ) was a Catholic auxiliary bishop in Mainz and Cologne and a controversial writer .

Life

He was born to a respected Catholic family in Rotterdam and was the younger brother of Adrian van Walenburch (1609–1669), who also became a bishop.

Peter van Walenburch studied in Angers , where he obtained his doctorate iuris utriusque in 1633 . Then he continued his studies in Cologne and was ordained a priest on March 30, 1641.

Brother Adrian also chose the clergy and soon both became famous as controversial writers. Duke Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg summoned her to his Düsseldorf court and used her to recatholicize in Jülich-Berg . From 1645 Peter van Walenburch worked for the Apostolic Nunciature in Cologne, where he associated with Nuncio Fabio Chigi, who later became Pope Alexander VII . In 1652 Walenburch advanced to the position of auditor , in 1657 he became provost at the monastery of St. Maria ad Gradus in Cologne . Peter van Walenburch was instrumental in the conversion of Landgrave Ernst I of Hesse-Rheinfels to the Catholic faith in Cologne in 1652 .

In the meantime he had also become acquainted with the Archbishop of Mainz, Johann Philipp von Schönborn , who appointed him auxiliary bishop in 1658. Walenburch received the title of Bishop of Mysia and Dean of St. Peter as well as a canonical to St. Viktor before Mainz . The Bollandist Daniel Papebroch visited him in Mainz in 1660 and reported about it in his memoirs.

Walenburch's brother Adrian officiated as auxiliary bishop in Cologne from 1661, died in Wiesbaden in 1669 and was buried in Mainz St. Peter . After the death of his brother, Peter van Walenburch also took over the office of auxiliary bishop of Cologne from 1670, mainly staying there, and died here in 1675.

The Walenburch brothers left behind numerous theological books as authors.

literature

Bernd Moeller, Bruno Jahn: German Biographical Encyclopedia of Theology and the Churches , Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2005, p. 1383, ISBN 3110959887 ; (Digital scan)
Hermann Wamper: The life of the brothers Adrian and Peter van Walenburch from Rotterdam and their work in the Archdiocese of Cologne until 1649 , Volume 28 of: Publications of the Cologne History Association , Cologne, 1968
Andreas Räß : The convertites since the Reformation: after their lives and from their writings , Volume 8, pp. 397–443, Herder Verlag, Freiburg, 1868; (Digital scan)
Friedhelm Juergensmeier : Walenburch van, Peter. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 13, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-072-7 , Sp. 210-212.

Web links

Works by and about Peter van Walenburch in the German Digital Library
Works written together by Adrian and Peter van Walenburch at the Munich Digitization Center
Entry on Peter Walenburch on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 21, 2018.

Individual evidence

↑ Hans Blum: From Cologne and Rhenish History: Festgabe, dedicated to Arnold Güttsches for his 65th birthday , Kölnischer Geschichtsverein, Cologne, 1969; (Detail scan)
^ Studies on Cologne Church History , Volume 10, p. 37, 1969; (Detail scan)
^ Adrian and Pater van Walenburch: Motiva Conversionis Ad Fidem Catholicam, Serenissimi Et Celsissimi Principis Ac Domini, D. Ernesti Hassiae Landgravii , Cologne, 1652; (Digital scan)
^ Udo Kindermann : Art monuments between Antwerp and Trento. Descriptions and evaluations by the Jesuit Daniel Papebroch from 1660 , Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2002, ISBN 978-3-412-16701-1 , p. 73; (Digital scan)
↑ Jakob Torsy: The consecration actions of the Cologne Auxiliary Bishops 1661-1840, according to the Auxiliary Bishop's Protocols , Volume 10 of: Studies on Cologne Church History , 1969, p. 37; (Detail scan)
^ Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine, especially the Old Archdiocese of Cologne , issues 84–93, Cologne 1907, p. 190; (Detail scan)
^ Website with digitized books by the Walenburch brothers

personal data
SURNAME	Walenburch, Peter van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Walenburch, Peter von; Walenburch, Petrus van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz and Cologne, controversial theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	1610
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rotterdam
DATE OF DEATH	December 21, 1675
Place of death	Cologne

[1] Hans Blum: From Cologne and Rhenish History: Festgabe, dedicated to Arnold Güttsches for his 65th birthday , Kölnischer Geschichtsverein, Cologne, 1969; (Detail scan)

[2] Studies on Cologne Church History , Volume 10, p. 37, 1969; (Detail scan)

[3] Adrian and Pater van Walenburch: Motiva Conversionis Ad Fidem Catholicam, Serenissimi Et Celsissimi Principis Ac Domini, D. Ernesti Hassiae Landgravii , Cologne, 1652; (Digital scan)

[4] Udo Kindermann : Art monuments between Antwerp and Trento. Descriptions and evaluations by the Jesuit Daniel Papebroch from 1660 , Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2002, ISBN 978-3-412-16701-1 , p. 73; (Digital scan)

[5] Jakob Torsy: The consecration actions of the Cologne Auxiliary Bishops 1661-1840, according to the Auxiliary Bishop's Protocols , Volume 10 of: Studies on Cologne Church History , 1969, p. 37; (Detail scan)

[6] Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine, especially the Old Archdiocese of Cologne , issues 84–93, Cologne 1907, p. 190; (Detail scan)

[7] Website with digitized books by the Walenburch brothers