Wichmann Kruse

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Wichmann Kruse (born January 11, 1464 in Stralsund , † 1534 in Greifswald ) was a German jurist and Catholic theologian of the Reformation period .

Life

Wichmann Kruse studied at the University of Greifswald from 1481 . In 1486 he received a Magister Artium , in 1495 a bachelor's degree and in 1499 a licentiate in canon law . Until 1501 he taught at the artist faculty , where he was dean seven times .

He was ordained a priest as early as 1491 . He became canon at St. Nikolai Cathedral in Greifswald in 1495. From 1498 at the latest, he was a member of the Maria Magdalenen Brotherhood at the cathedral. In 1501 and 1502 he earned the titles of bachelor and licentiate in theology. From 1501 he taught at the theological faculty. In 1507 he became canon at the Marienkirche in Stettin and in Greifswald Pleban at the Marienkirche . Kruse headed the university's rectorate a total of nine times . In 1515 he received his doctorate in theology.

As a clergyman, Kruse had a close relationship with Enwald Schinkel , the abbot of the Eldena monastery , and his prior Michael Knabe, who studied at the university in 1509. As one of the most influential professors, Kruse probably contributed significantly to the abbot being able to take over the rectorate of Greifswald University in 1513. Kruse was one of the opponents of the Reformation . His records show that this was first introduced in Greifswald in 1515.

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Several autographs by Wichmann Kruse have survived , most of which are academic theses. In addition to psalm comments, there is also his speech from 1510 on the appointment of Enwald Schinkel as abbot of the Eldena monastery.

After Kruse's death in 1534, his library, consisting of 37 volumes with legal and theological content, went to the Dominican monastery in Greifswald , the Eldena Prior Knabe and to the clergyman and jurist Johann Erp who lived in Anklam . In 1535 Kruse's books came to the St. Petri Church in Wolgast and from there most of them to the University Library of Greifswald . Kruse had included numerous marginal notes in the books that provide information about the reading behavior of an academic who adhered to Catholicism during the Reformation.

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SURNAME Kruse, Wichmann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jurist and Catholic theologian of the Reformation period
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1464
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH 1534
Place of death Greifswald