Richard Gramann von Nickenich

Knight Richard Gramann von Nickenich (* around 1450 in Nickenich , † October 1513 probably in Trier) was the son of knight Johann Gramann III. von Nickenich (Neckendich) and his wife Johanetta von Enscheringen (Enschringen, Enscherange in Luxembourg).

Life

Richard turned to college at a young age. His brother Johann, the firstborn, followed his father as lord of the fiefdom. In the year Trier University opened in 1473, he enrolled in the Faculty of Liberal Arts ( Philosophy ), first acquired the degree of "Baccalaureus" in February 1474, and in May 1476, at the age of 26, obtained a master's degree and doctorate (at that time the right to lectures to keep ( venia legendi )). Richard, inspired by wanderlust and thirst for knowledge, moved to Leuven in Belgium, where he also received his doctorate in philosophy. He studied law at the Universities of Bologna and Ferrara in Italy , where he obtained a doctorate in both rights ( Dr. iur. Utr. ), Ecclesiastical law and secular law .

In 1482 Richard Gramann received the benefice of a canon at the St. Paulinus monastery in Trier. His Archbishop of Trier , Johann II of Baden (1465–1503), made him an archbishop judge (official). In 1486 he was dean of Oberwesel and canon of St. Simeon zu Trier. In 1492 he was dean of the Paulinus monastery in Trier and later resided in Koblenz as the archbishop's official of the Niedererzstift. On March 21, 1492 he acts as a mediator in a process between the University of Cologne and the surviving dependents of Prof. Dr. Johannes Fankel. On July 4, 1495, on behalf of Johann II, he took over the appeal case of Archbishop Berthold of Mainz against Count Philipp von Hanau , which was given to the Archbishop of Trier by Pope Alexander VI. had been transferred. Documented evidence is the appointment of Richard Gramann, the "master, both right doctor, dechan UL Frauwenkirchen zu (Ober) wesel", by the Archbishop of Trier on August 23, 1497 to the archbishop's council , which makes him permanent at the archbishop's court in Ehrenbreitstein decreed.

Due to the high level of trust that Richard Gramann enjoyed from his sovereign Johann II, the elector appointed him to the chair of law at the University of Trier and on April 22, 1499 entrusted him with the canonical of the St. Florin Monastery in Koblenz with the obligation of the Law Faculty of the University of Trier to give twenty-five lectures on canonical and Roman law every year. In 1504 he went on a trip to Rome as a councilor of Archbishop Jakob II of Baden, who had been ruling since 1503, with the Trier cathedral capitular Jakob von Eltz, an uncle of Archbishop and Elector Jakob III. from Eltz . The highlight of his academic career was in 1509 when he was appointed professor and rector of Trier University for three years. Gramann acquired the house "Zur Taube" in Dietrichstrasse from the city of Trier, which he donated as Collegium Gramannianum , so that it "should be and remain a college or burse (home) for a number of doctors, masters and students at the university". His title at the time was:, Richard Graman von Neckendich, beyder right doctor, Probst zum St. Cross to Maintze, Dechen (Dechant) our dear women churches to Wesell, to the Zyt Official of Trier '.

His legacy to his hometown Nickenich is the late Gothic side chapel at the previous parish church of St. Arnulfus , the "Gramannschörchen". Richard Gramann probably died in Trier in October 1513.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Knights Gramann von Nickenich. In: www.st-arnulf.de. Retrieved May 4, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Parish church Sankt Arnulfus zu Nickenich ( Memento from June 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

literature

• Carl Wilkes: Nickenich in the Pellenz . Published by the local community of Nickenich, 1925

Web links

• The knights Gramann von Nickenich. In: www.st-arnulf.de. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .