Thomas Grynaeus

Thomas Grynaeus (also Thomas Griner ; * 1512 in Veringendorf , † August 2, 1564 in Rötteln ) was a theologian , reformer and pastor .

Life

Thomas Grynaeus grew up as the son of a farmer in Veringendorf, Württemberg. Thomas Grynaeus' uncle Simon Grynaeus was a school friend of Philipp Melanchthon . He studied Greek and Latin in Heidelberg and Basel and followed Simon Sulzer to the high school in Bern , where he was professor of ancient languages from 1536 to 1546 . Due to his sympathy for the 95 theses of Martin Luther , he was dismissed in 1547 and then worked as a teacher and from 1555 as a prefect at the Basel Pedagogy . After the Reformation was introduced in Markgräflerland in 1556, he became pastor at the Röttler Church and superintendent in Rötteln in 1558 , which he remained until his death in 1564.

Thomas Grynaeus was married to Adelheid Steuber and had eleven children, including Johann Jakob Grynaeus , who later also became pastor in Rötteln.

Web links

• Thomas K. Kuhn : Grynaeus, Thomas. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Melchior Adam : Vitae Germanorum Theologorum , Frankfurt 1620, pp. 398–399 - biography of Thomas Grynaeus

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gerhard Moehring , Otto Wittmann , Ludwig Eisinger; History Association Markgräflerland eV (Ed.): 1250 years of Röttler Church: 751–2001 , Uehlin, Schopfheim 2001, ISBN 3-932738-17-9 , p. 180.
2. ↑ Basel University Library : Greek Spirit from Basler Presses ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2011 in the web archive archive.today ) 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.