Valentin Henneken

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Valentin Henneken (* before 1500 in Jüterbog , † on 4. December 1542 in Lehnin ) was a German Roman Catholic abbot of the Cistercian -Abtei Lehnin .

Live and act

Little is known about his life. He came from a middle class family in Jüterbog. His studies from the summer semester 1481 at the University of Leipzig are documented, he enrolled as   Frater Valentinus Henneken de Lenin . On September 2, 1509 he was appointed abbot and electoral council.

Since September 2, 1509 he was the abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Lehnin. Hieronymus Schulz , also Hieronymus Scultetus, Bishop of Brandenburg and Havelberg sent Valentin from Lehnin to Martin Luther in Wittenberg at the end of November 1517 . Valentin asked Luther on an episcopal mandate to hold back with his publications. Luther initially agreed. In the letter of February 13, 1518 to Bishop Hieronymus Schulz, he even declared that his views were entirely subject to the judgment of the Catholic Church.

In 1510 he is demonstrably present in the mother house of the Cîteaux monastery at the general chapter with a total of 33 other abbots. Thereafter, since December 1509, he became a collector of religious contributions from various Cistercian monasteries, so Reinfeld Abbey , Abbey Doberan , monastery Eldena , Kołbacz Abbey and monastery Neuenkamp each 10  Florin paid. The Monastery Oliva paid 7 Florin, Monastery Scharnebeck , Kloster Hiddensee , Kloster Pelplin each had to pay 5 Florin. Kloster Dargun and convent tin each filed 4 Florin from, Kloster Buckow 3 Florin, Kloster Stolpe and convent Chorin 2 Florin, while the convent Himmelpfortgrund had to give up only 1 Florin.

Valentin probably also attended the dispute between Luther and Ingolstadt theologian Johannes Eck and other leading representatives of the Reformation movement, such as Andreas Karlstadt and Philipp Melanchthon . This debate, known as the Leipzig Disputation , took place from Monday, June 27th to Saturday, July 16th, 1519.

His advisory position, which he held as abbot to Elector Joachim II , could not ultimately prevent the secularization of Lehnin in the Reformation process, but at least postpone it until his death in 1542, even if the Elector had been increasingly listening to Luther since 1540 Gospel interpretation to which he officially professed in 1555. On his instructions, the Protestant visitors left the monastery of the pious old Father , which they had inspected in 1541, unmolested. After Valentin's death, the elector prevented the election of a new abbot and dissolved the monastery.

literature

  • Stephan Warnatsch: History of the Lehnin Monastery, 1180–1542. Studies on the history, art and culture of the Cistercians, Vol. 1, Lukas Verlag, 2000, ISBN 978-3-9318-3645-0 , p. 270

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustav Abb, Gottfried Wentz (Ed.): Germania sacra. Historical-statistical representation of the German dioceses. Cathedral chapter. Collegiate and parish churches, monasteries and other church institutes. Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for German History. First department. The dioceses of the church province of Magdeburg. 1st vol., Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Leipzig 1929, p. 270 [1]
  2. ↑ Warnatsch 2000, p. 367.
  3. ↑ Warnatsch 2000, p. 367.
  4. ↑ Warnatsch 2000, pp. 377–378.
  5. ↑ Angelika Lozar: The spiritual heritage: ways and perspectives of mediation. Vol. 16 Studies on the history, art and culture of the Cistercians, Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 978-3-93183-685-6 , p. 131
personal data
SURNAME Henneken, Valentin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic abbot, Cistercian
DATE OF BIRTH before 1500
PLACE OF BIRTH Jueterbog
DATE OF DEATH December 4, 1542
Place of death Lehnin