John of Wildeshausen

John Wilde Hausen ( also John Teutonicus or John Teutonikus; * 1180 in Wildeshausen near Oldenburg, † November 4, 1252 in Strasbourg ) was Master of the Order of the Dominicans and promoted the unification of the Dominican liturgy and changes in the general chapter.

Life

John was born around 1180 in Wildeshausen in Oldenburg. Presumably, he was picked up by St. Dominic in Bologna in the Order. Since the year 1224 John Teutonicus accompanied the papal legate by Germany and entered as a crusade preacher in southern Germany in appearance. He mediated in the conflict between the Stedingern and the Archbishop of Bremen in Stedingerkrieg.

From 1231 to 1233 he was Provincial in Hungary and from 1233 to 1237 Bishop of Bosnia. After that he went as an envoy of Gregory IX. Ivan Asen II to. From 1238 to 1240 John was Teutonicus Provincial of Lombardy. The following year, 1241, he was elected to the Paris Master of the Order ( " Brother magister episcopus "). As a result, John Teutonicus preached in five languages ​​and maintained good relations with the Roman Curia.

He caused two important changes to the Constitutions (Statute ) by the General Chapter. The General Chapter, no longer alternately in Bologna and Paris instead, but also in other places; so in 1245 in Cologne, 1247 in Montpellier, 1249 in Trier and 1250 in London. Paris also lost his high school monopoly. It 1248 new general studies in Montpellier, Bologna, Cologne and Oxford were built.

The special significance of John Teutonicus but ' is in the field of religious life. He unified not only the Dominican liturgy, but gave the order legislation a firmer structure. Preaching, missions and studies were sponsored by him.