Philipp Gersenius

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Keystone of the coat of arms of the entrance gate of the Jesuit College Speyer

Philipp Gersenius (born April 18, 1665 in Mittelheim , Rheingau-Taunus district , † February 15, 1727 in Aschaffenburg ) was a German Jesuit , preacher and university teacher.

Live and act

Title page of the funeral sermon for Auxiliary Bishop Stephan Weinberger, 1703

He came from Mittelheim, today a district of Oestrich-Winkel, and entered the Jesuit order on July 15, 1684. First, Philipp Gersenius taught at the schools of the Order of Bamberg and Würzburg , then he studied Humaniora from 1689 , then theology in Prague .

After completing his own studies, the Jesuit went to Mainz and taught philosophy there. He was called to Würzburg as cathedral preacher , and at times he worked in the same capacity in Strasbourg . In the presence of Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp von Greiffenclau zu Vollraths , he gave the funeral sermon at the funeral of Würzburg Auxiliary Bishop Stephan Weinberger in the Neumünster Collegiate Church in 1703 ; it also appeared in print.

In 1713 Philipp Gersenius became a teacher of scholastic theology at the University of Würzburg , where he was also awarded a doctorate. In the same office he moved to the University of Bamberg in 1714 and returned to Würzburg in 1717. In 1723 he stopped teaching and was promoted to rector of the Jesuit college in Speyer .

Philipp Gersenius died in Aschaffenburg in 1727.

literature

  • Joachim Heinrich Jäck : Pantheon of the writers and artists Bamberg , Volume 1, 1812, column 2107; (Digital scan)
  • Anton Ruland: Series et vitae professorum ss. theologiae, qui Wirceburgi a fundata academia per divum Julium usque in annum MDCCCXXXIV docuerunt , Würzburg, 1835, p. 96 u. 97; (Digital scan)
  • Otto Renkhoff: Nassauische Biographie: Short biographies from 13 centuries , Volume 39 of: Publications of the Historical Commission for Nassau , 1992, p. 227, ISBN 3922244904 ; (Detail scan)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Risse: Syllabus auctorum , Volume 45 of: Studies and materials for the history of philosophy , 1998, p. 120, ISBN 3487105470 ; (Detail scan)
  2. ^ Nikolaus Reininger: The auxiliary bishops of Würzburg , Würzburg, 1865, p. 256; (Digital scan)
  3. ↑ Stephan Weinberger in Würzburgwiki
  4. ^ Digital scan of the funeral sermon
personal data
SURNAME Gersenius, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Jesuit, preacher and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1665
PLACE OF BIRTH Mittelheim , Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1727
Place of death Aschaffenburg