Valentin of Teutleben

Valentin of Teutleben

Valentin von Teutleben (also Teteleben , Tetleben ) († April 28, 1551 ) had been Bishop of Hildesheim since 1537 . During his reign, the Reformation spread within his area of ​​responsibility.

Life

Teutleben came from the region around Meißen . He was a doctor of theology and both rights. Later he was provost of St. Bartholomew in Frankfurt and canon in Mainz , Magdeburg and Hildesheim . In Frankfurt he published the minutes of the Reichstag from 1530. In Mainz he was a vicar general in the management of the diocese. He was also a Kurmainzer councilor for many years . He played an important role in the Catholic reform in the Archdiocese of Mainz. In 1541 (when he was already bishop in Hildesheim) he was a member of a theological commission that worked out a reform constitution, which was never printed.

After the resignation of Otto III. von Schauenburg in 1537 he was unanimously elected bishop by the cathedral chapter in Hildesheim. He found the pen in a difficult condition. The last three offices remaining in the monastery were pledged. Teutleben tried various measures to improve the situation. In 1539 he had syndodal statutes drafted. He traveled to Rome and in 1540 obtained a papal resolution against the Duchy of Braunschweig , which provided for the restoration of the great monastery. However, Charles V refused to implement it because he saw it as interference by the Pope in matters of the empire.

Even before the beginning of the reign of Teutleben, the Reformation gained more and more supporters in the monastery and diocese of Hildesheim. The attempt by the cathedral chapter to counter this with coercive measures and prohibitions had little effect. In 1532 there was first riot in the city with the aim of using Lutheran preachers. This upheaval was ended in favor of the old faith. After taking over his office, Teutleben tried in vain to take action against the Reformation. In 1542 the city council of Hildesheim declared itself in favor of Lutheranism. As a result, representatives of Catholicism were banned from preaching. The monasteries and monasteries in the city were partly given to secular purposes, partly they served as Protestant churches. Only a few old-faith institutions could later be restored. In 1544 a Protestant church order followed.

Teutleben obtained measures by the Reich against the development in the city of Hildesheim and appealed to the Reich Chamber of Commerce. Ultimately, however, Valentin von Teutleben's attempt to preserve Hildesheim for Catholicism failed. Despite the Protestant defeat in the Schmalkaldic War , the Hildesheim monastery remained Protestant, with the exception of the Peine office and those directly subordinate to the bishop in the city of Hildesheim. Valentin von Teutleben, who temporarily lived in Halberstadt , tried in vain to enforce the imperial ban. After all, the Hildesheimers had to submit to the emperor at the Diet of 1548. In 1548 a compromise was reached on the denominational issue. On the Protestant side, this was suggested by Melanchthon and Bugenhagen , among others . According to this, the Protestants should be able to hold the service according to their ideas in their churches, at the same time the Catholic priests should remain unmolested during their services. The Anabaptists and other sectarians remained excluded from this.

He left the city and went to Mainz. He was buried in the barefoot monastery in Mainz.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Valentin von Te [u] tleben: Protocol of the Augsburger Reichstag 1530. ed. Herbert Grundmann. Göttingen, 1958
2. ^ Hans-Walter Krumwiede: Church history of Lower Saxony . Göttingen, 1996. pp. 150f.

literature

• Friedrich W. Ebeling: The German bishops until the end of the sixteenth century. Vol. 1. Leipzig, 1858 p. 531ff.

predecessor	Office	successor
Otto III. from Schauenburg	Bishop of Hildesheim 1537–1551	Frederick of Denmark