Simon von Düren
Simon von Düren (* around 1400 , probably in Düren ; † August 28, 1470 in Worms ) was a Carmelite and from 1457 to 1470 auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Worms and titular bishop of Mayo .
Live and act
He came from Düren, entered the Carmelite order, was a baccalaureus of theology and appears from 1439 to 1444 as prior of the Carmelite convent in Aachen .
After that Simon had Düren the same office in the Carmelite convent in Cologne and was Penitentiary of the Archbishop of Cologne Dietrich II. Of Moers . In 1457 he was appointed by the Worms shepherd Reinhard von Sickingen to his auxiliary bishop, Pope Calixt III. appointed the religious priest Titular Bishop of Mayo, Ireland, on August 12th of that year . In this capacity he worked until his death in 1470. He was buried in the Carmelite Church in Worms at the entrance to the choir.
Simon von Düren is sometimes mentioned as auxiliary bishop in Münster , which, according to the historian Wilhelm Kohl (1913-2014), was a false statement without any evidence.
literature
- Rüdiger Fuchs: The inscriptions of the city of Worms , Volume 2 of: Deutsche Insschriften, Mainzer Reihe , 1991, p. 186, ISBN 3-88226-498-5 ; (Detail scan)
- Wilhelm Kohl : The Diocese of Münster: The Diocese (Volume 4), Volume 37 of: Germania Sacra, New Series , Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2004, p. 24, footnote 1, ISBN 3-11-018010-3 ; (Online edition)
- Johann Friedrich Schannat : Historia episcopatus wormatiensis , Volume 1, Frankfurt am Main, 1734, p. 99; (Digital scan)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinrich Hubert Koch: The Carmelite Monasteries of the Low German Province: 13th to 16th centuries , Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1889, p. 68, (detail scan)
- ^ Christian Quix : History of the Carmelite Monastery of Villa-Harna, Aachen , 1835, p. 37; (Digital scan)
- ↑ Martina Rommel: Worms - Karmeliten - regionalgeschichte.net. Retrieved July 4, 2019 .
- ^ Rüdiger Fuchs: Die insschriften der Stadt Worms , Volume 2 of: Deutsche Insschriften, Mainzer Reihe , 1991, p. 186, ISBN 3-88226-498-5 ; P. 186; (Detail scan)
- ^ Germania Sacra, New Series , Volume 37, p. 24
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SURNAME | Simon von Düren |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simon de Durn |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Carmelite and auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Worms and titular bishop of Mayo |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1400 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Düren |
DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1470 |
Place of death | Worms |