Rutger Edinger

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Rutger Edinger, book title page 1614

Rutger Edinger also Rudger Eding (* around 1545 probably in Cologne ; † before 1614) was a Catholic priest and theological writer.

Life

He probably came from Cologne, where he was connected to the St. Pantaleon monastery . From 1572–1574 Edinger worked as a clergyman in Xanten and in 1583 stayed again in Cologne. Until his death, Edinger kept in close contact with the learned Cologne Jesuit Johannes Rethius († 1576); Letters from the Xanten era testify to this.

In 1587 the priest appeared as vicar of the St. Laurentius altar in Speyer Cathedral and was appointed secretary or notary of the cathedral monastery in place of the late Philipp Simonis . A document from 1596 describes him as vicar at the cathedral church and factory master (magister fabricae). In 1598, Rutger Edinger officiated as a sex priest (cathedral priest ) at the Speyer Cathedral , in the same year he made a well-known foundation in favor of the Franciscan monastery there and endowed a preacher's foundation at its church. As a result, the convent was renovated and enabled to accept new brothers again and to found a "trivial school". On May 29 and 30, 1599, two documents from Cologne name Rutger Edinger as the recipient of money orders; possibly royalties on his books. On March 14, 1604 it appears in a valid certificate in Berghausen near Speyer. In 1614 Edinger was already dead, because on the title page of the edition of his Missal issued that year it was written by " Weyland Herr Rutgerum Edingium Priest Canonich des Hohen Dhomstifft Speir".

The exact time and place of death are unknown. According to the Franciscan chronicler Franz Anton (Malachias) Tschamser , he was buried in the Franciscan Church in Speyer, so he probably died in the city as well.

Act as a writer

Rutger Edinger is important for his translations of Latin liturgical texts, antiphons , songs and psalms into German in order to bring them closer to the faithful. In 1572 Edinger published under the name Teutsche Evangelische Messen, Lobsenge und Kirchengebete ... a missal in German which, in addition to the translated mass texts, also contained 130 German hymns (songs). It went through several editions and appeared again posthumously in 1614 under the now changed title Teutsche Catholische Messen, Lobgesenge, Kirchengebette: Sampt the Gospels and Epistles, as in the General Christian Churches, on all Sundays and festivals are held, sung and read throughout the whole year . In 1574 he published the first Catholic rhyming translation of the Psalms. He also wrote a Christian prayer book , whose prayers were compiled from the New Testament and the Church Fathers . A catechism of Gerhard Busaeus , which he had translated from Dutch into Standard German, was attached to this. Edinger translated and published other writings by him. As early as 1572 he had obtained a German translation of the Latin prayer book Ausserlesen guldin Schatzbüchlin Christian and authentic Catholic prayers from Simeon Verepaeus , which was published several times. Also in 1574 was a German translation of the Imitation of Christ by Thomas von Kempen .

Rutger Edinger's books are without exception printed and published in Cologne, mainly by Maternus Cholinus , the posthumous edition of the Missal by his grandson Petrus Cholinus.

Works

  • "German Catholic masses, praise singing, church prayers ..." , Petrus Cholinus, Cologne 1614 ( digitized version )
  • "Simonis Verrepaei Ausserlesen guldin Schatzbüchlin Christian and authentic catholic prayers" , Maternus Cholinus, Cologne 1574, translation of a work by Simeon Verepaeus ( digitized version )
  • "Simple but thorough report from H. Schrifft and old church teachers how a pious ley with a clear conscience may receive the most honorable holy sacrament of the altar under a character" , Maternus Cholinus, Cologne 1574, translation of a text by Gerhard Busaeus ( digital copy )

literature

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ Lothar Schilling:  Rethius (Riedtus, von Reidt, von Riedt), Johannes. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 446 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ^ Paul Holt: From the diary of Johannes Rethius 1571–1574. A contribution to intellectual history and city Cologne politics. In: Yearbook of the Cologne History Association. 20, 1938, pp. 77-138, here 108, 136 u. 137 ( digitized version ).
  3. ^ Johann Michael Anton Loebel: From the Speier document books, Chronic writers and other writers. In: Historia et commentationes Academiae Electoralis Scientiarum et Elegantiorum Litterarum Theodoro-Palatinae. Volume 6. Mannheim 1789, p. 409 (digital scan)
  4. ↑ Document inventory of the Cologne City Archives, Document U 1/18516
  5. ↑ Document regist, Lucerne State Archives, Document 554/11119 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / query.staatsarchiv.lu.ch
  6. ^ Franz Xaver Remling : Documented history of the former abbeys and monasteries in what is now Rhine Bavaria. Volume 2. Neustadt an der Haardt 1836, p. 237 (digital scan)
  7. ↑ Konrad Eubel : On the history of the Minorite monastery in Speier . In: Journal for the history of the Upper Rhine . tape 45 , 1891, p. 675-698, 736 ( digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3DZgo45-6~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3Dn687~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D ). Here p. 690 a. 691.
  8. ^ Documents from the Cologne City Archives, documents U 2/18570 and 2/18571
  9. ↑ Document registers, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg: the mayor and court of Berghausen certify the validation of Heinrich Hermann there against Rutger Eding, vicar of the cathedral monastery in Speyer, over 200 florins pledged from Gülten in Berghausen
  10. ^ Wilhelm Wiegand :  Tschamser, Franz Anton . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 699.
  11. ↑ Malachias Tschamser: Annales or annual history of the Baarfüßern or Minor Brothers S. Franc. ord. generally called Conventualen, zu Thann, 1724. Colmar 1864, p. 275 u. 276; (Digital scan)
  12. ^ Heike Wennemuth: From the Latin hymn to the German hymn: to the translation and reception history of Christe qui lux es et dies. 2003, p. 136, ISBN 3-7720-2917-5 ; (Detail scan)
  13. ^ Theodorus Cornelis Stockum, Jan van Dam: History of German literature: From the beginnings to the eighteenth century (Volume 1), 1934, p. 266; (Detail scan)
  14. ^ Carl Ruland :  Busäus, Gerhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 632.
  15. ^ Dutch website for Simeon Verepaeus
  16. ^ Leonhard Ennen :  Cholinus, Maternus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 136.
personal data
SURNAME Edinger, Rutger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eding, Rudger; Edingius, Rutgerus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic priest, theologian, author, translator and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1545
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Cologne
DATE OF DEATH before 1614