Philipp Simonis

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Title page of the printed Speyer bishop's chronicle of Philipp Simonis, 1608

Philipp Simonis (* 1532 in Weinolsheim , Rheinhessen ; † September 12, 1587 in Speyer ) was a lawyer and Speyer chronicler in the service of the Principality of Speyer .

Life

Philipp Simonis was of middle-class origin and studied at the University of Trier . Around 1552 he worked as one of the notaries (notarius substitutus) of the Wormser Domstift . In 1553, the then Speyer Cathedral Scholaster and later Bishop Marquard von Hattstein appointed him , without having applied for it, to be the notary and secretary of the Speyer cathedral chapter or monastery. He was the first layman to hold this office.

In his role Simonis is described as hard-working and conscientious, which is why he also advanced to imperial notary, in which capacity he often stayed in Trier . He also knew how to make parchment , which enabled him to secure extra income.

On September 8, 1561, the solemn consecration of the Speyer prince-bishop Marquard von Hattstein took place in the Bruchsal collegiate church . It was donated by Auxiliary Bishop Jakob Eliner von Konstanz , assisted by Auxiliary Bishops Georg Schweicker from Speyer and Johannes Delphius from Strasbourg . Philipp Simonis was also present at the consecration and the diocesan historian Franz Xaver Remling describes the course of the celebration very vividly based on his notes:

“ September 8th and the collegiate church in Bruchsal were determined for the consecration. Both Johannes Delphius - Episcopus Tripolitanus - from Strasbourg and Jacob - Episcopus Ascaloniensis - from Constanz promised to arrive and to carry out the ceremony with the Speyer Auxiliary Bishop Georg Schweicker. They came to Bruchsal on Saturday, September 6th. On Monday morning around seven o'clock the shepherd to be ordained was fetched in a solemn procession by the collegiate clergy, headed by the collegiate dean Georg von Koppenstein , from the castle, under the ringing of the bells, to the collegiate church. Marquard followed, after his relatives, in a long, black velvet dry with a square priestly bar, behind him the Auxiliary Bishop of Constanz, who was destined to ordain, the Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer on the right, the Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg on the left. This was followed by a long line of clergy and secular people, including several members of the cathedral chapter and the Weissenburger Stift. Philipp Simonis, notary of the cathedral monastery, was also among the secular officials; the cathedral scholaster Andreas von Oberstein and the vicar Nicolaus Haugk were the altar boys. The consecration was carried out according to ecclesiastical regulations and Marquard placed the oath to be taken by the Pope in the hands of the Constance Auxiliary Bishop ... After the consecration, including high masses, Marquard expressed his thanks to the three suffragan bishops in a Latin address, whereupon the Episcopal Chancellor spoke and called on those present to pious prayer, loyalty and obedience to the newly consecrated. A happy meal at ten tables in the palace hall concluded the day's celebration. "

- Franz Xaver Remling, History of the Bishops of Speyer, Volume 2, 1854, p. 365

Simonis seems to have been ill and therefore often went to baths for cure, for which he was sometimes given the cathedral chapter's traveling car because of his physical weakness. He died in 1587 and was buried in the cloister of the Speyer Cathedral . After his death, was appointed the Sexpräbendar Rutger Edinger for successor.

Historical activity

Philipp Simonis went down in the history of the Speyer diocese as a chronicler. Historically interested, he wrote the “Historical Description of all Bishops in Speyr” , which appeared as a manuscript during his lifetime and in print in 1608 in Freiburg / Breisgau . A second, unchanged edition came out in Speyer in 1773. He used chronological records that were handwritten by an unknown clergyman, as well as the bishop's chronicles of the cathedral vicars Johann von Mutterstadt († 1472) and Wolfgang Baur († 1516). The work is often very flawed, especially in its older parts. It closes in 1584, but represents a valuable source for the more recent epoch that Simonis himself experienced. In addition, he describes all the cathedral altars that existed at his time, as well as the monasteries and churches of Speyer.

family

Simonis married a daughter of Joachim Kegel, an imperial advocate at the Imperial Court of Justice . They had three sons and two daughters. The sons were: Philipp Christoph, Pfennigmeister at the Imperial Court of Justice , Markus, Canon at the St. German and Mauritius Monastery in Speyer , and Philipp, episcopal officer in the Oberamt Kirrweiler . Philipp Christoph had Anna born Seiblin married, the daughter of Georg Seiblin († 1591), Chancellor of the Worms Monastery .

Philip's brother Rufus Simonis († 1573) was the last dean of the Kaiserslautern Monastery .

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the city of Speyer , Volume 3, p. 383, Kohlhammer Verlag, 1983, ISBN 3-17-008037-7 ; (Cutout scan 1) , (Cutout scan 2)
  2. ↑ To Auxiliary Bishop Jakob Eliner
  3. ^ Sophronius Clasen :  Delphius, Johannes. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 589 ( digitized version ).
  4. ^ Franz Xaver Remling: History of the Bishops of Speyer . Volume 2, p. 365 ( digitized version )
  5. ↑ Johannes Emil Gugumus: The builder of the great Speyer cathedral organ from 1454 . In: Archive for Middle Rhine Church History 8 (1956), pp. 371–378, here p. 373 ( digitized version ).
  6. ↑ Stefan Benz: Between tradition and criticism: Catholic historiography in the baroque Holy Roman Empire , Matthiesen Verlag, 2003, p. 137, ISBN 3-7868-1473-2 ; (Detail scan)
  7. ↑ Wilhelm von der Nahmer: Handbuch des Rheinischen Particular-Rechts: Development of the territorial and constitutional relations of the German states on both banks of the Rhine: from the first beginning of the French Revolution up to the most recent times . tape 3 . Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1832, p. 314 and 345 ( digital scans on the concept of expansion ).
  8. ^ Johannes Mötsch: Regesten des Archiv der Graf von Sponheim, 1065-1437: 1400-1425 , p. 1698, Verlag der Landesarchivverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz, 1995, ISBN 392201870X ; ibid, p. 1698; (Clipping scan 1) ; (Detail scan 2)
  9. ^ Michael Frey : Attempt at a geographical-historical-statistical description of the royal Bavarian Rhine district , Volume 3, p. 31, Speyer, 1837; (Digital scan)
  10. ↑ Ludwig Stamer : Church history of the Palatinate , Volume 3, Part 1, Speyer, 1955, p. 76; (Detail scan)
personal data
SURNAME Simonis, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Notary of the Speyer cathedral monastery, historian and chronicler
DATE OF BIRTH 1532
PLACE OF BIRTH Weinolsheim
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1587
Place of death Speyer