Rotger Dobbe

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Rotger Dobbe (* in the 15th century; † January 28, 1531 ) was canon and cathedral scholaster in Münster .

Life

Rotger Dobbe came from the family of the Lords of Dobbe, who came into the possession of the House of Lyren after 1445 and remained its owner until it died out in 1793. He was the son of Wilhelm Dobbe and his wife Berta Sobbe. His brother Johannes was a canon of Münster . Johann Dobbe , her nephew, was also canon in Münster. In 1500 Rotger was first mentioned in a document as Canon of Münster and Archdeacon of Gildehaus. He held the office of Vice-Dominus and Archdeacon of Ascheberg from November 12, 1509. The following year he was also Archdeacon of Eibergen. In Altenberge he held the archdeaconate on January 28, 1519. It is first mentioned as a cathedral scholaster on September 17, 1519. He was responsible for the management of the cathedral school . He remained in this office until his death.

Rotger left the canons' alms foundation (Dom-Elemosine) annual pensions of 21 gold guilders. Ludger tom Ring created an epitaph in Rotger's death year 1531, which is located in the east transept of the cathedral in Münster . It was totally destroyed by the Anabaptists , so that in 1538 the artist recreated what was one of his most important works.

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  • The diocese of Münster 4.2. ( Germania Sacra NF 17.2) The Cathedral Monastery of St. Paulus in Münster , edited by Wilhelm Kohl, published by the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin / New York, ISBN 978- 3-11-008508-2 , Germania Sacra NF 17.2 Biographies of the Canons, page 19ff. Digitized

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SURNAME Dobbe, Rotger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canon and cathedral choirmaster in Münster
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1531