Sebastian Artomedes

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Sebastian Artomedes, also Artomaeus, Brotsorg (* 1544 in Langenzenn ; † September 11, 1602 in Königsberg (Prussia) ), was a Protestant theologian and hymn poet.

Life

Sebastian Brotsorg enrolled at the University of Leucorea in Wittenberg in 1562 . In accordance with the custom of the time, he changed his original name and adopted the scholarly name Artomedes. In 1569 he acquired the academic degree of a master’s degree and soon after became rector of the school in Crailsheim .

In 1572 he was called to Ansbach as court preacher to Margrave Georg Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach . In 1577 he was given the task of taking over government affairs as curator for Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia because of nonsense. With this he went to Königsberg in 1578 and became pastor at Königsberg Cathedral in 1589 , with the right to ordain all clergymen in Natangen and Samland as Primarius .

As a student in Wittenberg, he became familiar with the basic direction of the Philippists , whose point of view he represented throughout his life. However, he was not a religious zealot, but took a moderate theological standpoint, so that he stayed out of the theological disputes of confessionalization. He made a special impression in the sacred poetry and the art of preaching according to the standards of humanistic rhetoric. Nikolaus von Reusner (1545–1602) crowned him a poet.

As a moderate Philippist, he kept out of the theological disputes of his time and especially cultivated spiritual poetry and the art of preaching according to the rules of humanistic rhetoric. He was crowned poet's laurel at an early stage and wrote mainly Latin and German poems, which were set to music by his friend Johannes Eccard. Artomedes was married twice, but the marriages remained childless.

Works

  • Collections of his poems, Leipzig 1590, Nuremberg 1593, Königsberg 1597
  • Lacrymae Davidis (poetic translation of the penitential psalms), 1590
  • Mediolus micarum sacrarum et reliquiarum Artomedaearum libellus, Königsberg 1597
  • 4 sermons on Aaron's blessing, Leipzig 1603
  • 56 sermons on the 61st Psalm, Leipzig 1604
  • 25 catechism sermons, Leipzig 1605
  • Interpretation of the Sunday Gospels, Leipzig 1607
  • 12 Passion Sermons, Leipzig 1614
  • 22 funeral sermons, Danzig 1615

literature

personal data
SURNAME Artomedes, Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Artomaeus, Sebastian; Brotsorg, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian and hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH 1544
PLACE OF BIRTH Langenzenn
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1602
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)