Samuel von Voss
Samuel von Voss , also: Voss, Vossius (born August 26, 1621 in Luplow , † July 19, 1674 in Rostock ) was a German Lutheran theologian.
Life
Voss came from the Mecklenburg noble family . His father was the heir to Luplow, Breitenfeld and Görrensdorf and his mother Magaretha († 1638) was the daughter of the heir to Gartz, Lübs and Glafen Levin Linstow. His parents saw him early on for an intellectual level. At the age of three he had already received lessons from a private tutor. In 1633 he was entrusted to the care of Lucas Bacmeister in Güstrow , had completed an apprenticeship in Friedland for two years and returned to Rostock after his mother's death in 1638, where he continued his training.
Soon afterwards he attended the monastery high school in Bornholm for five years . In 1641, at the expense of the Duke of Holstein, he began studying theology at the University of Rostock . In 1646 he moved to the University of Helmstedt , where Georg Calixtus became his teacher. During his eight-year studies, he completed his licentiate in theology, received his doctorate in theology and then began an educational trip on the instructions of the Holstein duke. This took him through Holland and France for three years.
In 1657 he was appointed consistorial councilor and general superintendent of East Frisia by Georg Christian von Ostfriesland . In 1670 the Mecklenburg Duke Gustav Adolf appointed him general superintendent of the Rostock church district and ecclesiastical church council. However, no sooner had he reached his Mecklenburg homeland than he fell ill. Over the years his illness got so worse that he died from it. His body was buried on August 26th in Rostock's St. Nikolaikirche .
His marriage to Anna Sohia Wolff, widowed Hagemeister, on February 15, 1672, remained childless.
literature
- Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Self-published, Boppard / Rhein, 1980, vol. 10, p. 161, R 9227
- Voss or Vossius, Samuel. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 50, Leipzig 1746, column 1385.
Web links
- Publications by and about Samuel von Voss in VD 17 .
- Literature about Samuel von Voss in the state bibliography MV
- Samuel Voss in the Rostock matriculation portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voss, Samuel von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Voss, Samuel von; Vossius, Samuel von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1621 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luplow |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1674 |
| Place of death | Rostock |