Wilhelm Nakatenus
Wilhelm Nakatenus (born October 18, 1617 in Gladbach , † June 23, 1682 in Aachen ) was a writer and court preacher to Elector Maximilian Heinrich of Bavaria . He is considered one of the most important prayer book authors of modern times.
Nakatenus was educated at Jesuit high schools in Neuss and Cologne from 1628 to 1636. In 1635 he joined the Society of Jesus and studied theology in Münster from 1644 to 1648, where he was ordained a priest in 1647 . From 1649 to 1651 he was prefect of studies in Coesfeld , then from 1652 to 1655 professor at the Jesuit college in Münster, where he taught philosophy . He later devoted himself to rhetoric and was a preacher in Jülich, Bonn, Düsseldorf and Aachen. In 1675 he became court preacher to Elector Maximilian Heinrich of Bavaria. It was there that he established his reputation as a writer.
His prayer collection and meditation instructions, Das Himmlisch Palm-Gärtlein, printed in 1660 and followed by the Latin version of Coeleste Palmetum in 1667, were particularly successful . 14,000 copies of these works are said to have been sold between 1660 and 1668 alone. The two works saw over 670 new editions and translations, most recently in Utrecht in 1947. He is said to have dedicated them to Elisabeth Amalia von Hessen-Darmstadt . The Coeleste Palmetum attacks - identifies as the subtitle - specifically to Ludovicus Blosius , a late representative of the Modern Devotion back. It is also in close formal and conceptual proximity to poems by his good friend Friedrich Spee , whose collection of poems Trutznachtigall Nakatenus wrote the dedication poem for his collection of poems, printed there in 1649 .
literature
- Kurt Küppers: The heavenly palm garden of Wilhelm Nakatenus SJ (1617–1682). Investigations into the expenditure, content and distribution of a Catholic prayer book from the Baroque period (= studies on pastoral liturgy. Volume 4). Pustet, Regensburg 1981, ISBN 3-7917-0714-0 (Zugl .: Trier, Theol. Fak., Diss., 1980; limited preview in the Google book search).
- Kurt Küppers: Wilhelm Nakatenus S. I. - Biographical data of a spiritual writer. In: Archivum Historicum Societatis Jesu. 48 (1979), ISSN 0037-8887 , pp. 204-247 (on- line in subscribed libraries).
- Kurt Küppers: Nakatenus, Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 724 ( digitized version ).
- Achim Krümmel: Nakatenus, Wilhelm SJ. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 6, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-044-1 , Sp. 445-446.
- Karl Werner: Nakatenus, Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 243.
Web links
- Works by and about Wilhelm Nakatenus in the German Digital Library
- Coeleste Palmetum. Edition: Petrus Vande Cappelle, Bruges 1756 ( scan in Google book search)
swell
- ^ Kurt Küppers: Art. Nakatenus, Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18 (1997), p. 724.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nakatenus, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Jesuit, court preacher and spiritual writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1617 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gladbach , Duchy of Jülich |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1682 |
| Place of death | Aachen |