Sebastian Werro

The oldest known printing work in Freiburg: Question piece of the Christian faith etc. , 1585

Sebastian Werro (born February 8, 1555 , † November 27, 1614 ) was a Swiss Catholic clergyman and leader of the Catholic Reform , who lived and worked in Freiburg in Üechtland .

He worked between 1593 and 1615 as provost at St. Nicholas Cathedral , from 1598 to 1600 as deputy of the absent bishop of the diocese of Lausanne , Claude de Granier (1538–1602; bishop 1579–1602), who fled to Savoy at the time of the Reformation was.

Works

Christian house rules and devotion to divine research. Printed by Abraham Gemperlin , Freiburg i. Üe. 1585
True histori and description of the life and death of the most lucid high-born princess and wife Marie, who stayed at the Hertzogin in Placentz and Parma. To all pious Christians as an example of a godly walk, very funny to read. But now for the next time Teutsch went out in a truck. Printed by Abraham Gemperlin, Freiburg i. Üe. 1586
Epithalamium animae christianae. Communion prayer before and after we perceive the Reverend Corpus Christi to speak usefully in our hearts of Jesus Christ. Printed by Abraham Gemperlin, Freiburg i. Üe. 1598
Chronica Eccelesiae et Monarchiarum a condito mundo / Sebastiani Ve4ronii, praepositi fribourgensis in Helvetia, S. theologiae doctoris. Nunc primum nova method elucubrata . Printed by Wilhelm Maess , Freiburg 1599
Statüta synodialia dioeccesis lausanensis anno 1599 / Promulgabat Sebastianus Verronius S. Theologiae doctor, eccesiae friburgensis praepositus, et sede vacante vicarius generalis. Printed by Wilhelm Maess, Freiburg 1599
The blooming Eosenkrantz Marie, in which her whole life has recently been grasped. Printed by Etienne Philot , Freiburg i. Üe. 1611

Eduard Wymann : The records of the parish priest Sebastian Werro of Freiburg i. Üe. on the classical antiquities of Rome in 1581 . In: Der Geschichtsfreund 83 (1928), pp. 219-238.
Othmar Perler : Sebastian Werro (1555-1614). Contribution to the history of the Catholic Restoration in Freiburg in Switzerland . Paulus Verlag, Freiburg i. Üe. 1942.
Albert Portmann-Tinguely : Werro, Sebastian. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 13, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-072-7 , Sp. 882-888.

personal data
SURNAME	Werro, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH	February 8, 1555
DATE OF DEATH	November 27, 1614