Martin of Cochem
Father Martin von Cochem, maiden name Linius Martin ( born December 13, 1634 Cochem on the Mosel, † September 10, 1712 in Waghaeusel ) was a Catholic priest, Capuchin missionary people, and the author of numerous religious books which found a worldwide distribution and part were reprinted until the 1950s.
Life and work
He was the son of originating from Bernkastel and Cochem based Hatter Linius Matthias and his second wife Margaretha.
The young man entered the Capuchin Order and was allowed to retain his baptismal name Martin for the outfitting, on March 2, 1653. After Capuchin tradition he said this in his birthplace Cochem, so that he was now called the Martin von Cochem. 1657 was his ordination. As of 1658 the Father in the Capuchin monastery Aschaffenburg held, where he completed his theological studies in 1663.
Martin of Cochem worked from 1664 as a lecturer of his order in Mainz. Here was released in 1666 his debut children's book, a small, tailored to children catechism output. The publisher Wilhelm Friessem (1600-1668) in Cologne, Germany, was so impressed that he advised the Order, the author of the religious writing indemnify.
From 1668 lived Father Martin in Bensheim monastery, in 1670 he is in Nothgottes Abbey near Rudesheim occupied, from 1675 to 1678 in the convent of Königstein, where he among other things, the soldiers of the local Kurmainzer fortress supervised. 1677 he published his well-known work here life of Christ, which he dedicated to the Empress Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate and that already reached 40 editions in his lifetime. 1678 was the transfer to the monastery Dieburg. Here entrusted him the Elector of Mainz Anselm Franz von Ingelheim with the task of a diocesan visitator. At the same time he practiced by Dieburg from the Chaplaincy Kondominat Umstadt from where difficult conditions existed. The rule was under Protestant governments divided into three parts, but the Catholic Count of Lowenstein had the lower courts and therefore was in his castle Habitzheim of the Dieburger Capuchins - including Martin von Cochem - hold Catholic services. Here Father Martin worked closely with Count Maximilian Karl of Löwenstein together, who was also captain of the bodyguard of the Empress Eleonore and 1711, the first Prince of Löwenstein was. In 1687 and 1688 lived in the priest Capuchin convent Koblenz- Ehrenbreitstein.
In 1689 he left the Rheinische Capuchin Province and went to the monastery Günzburg that belonged to the Capuchin Province of Tyrol. After a layover in Mariahilf monastery he met in 1693 in Prague and settled in the local Loreto convent. The Prague time was very fruitful for his literary work. Here he wrote his Prague Laure tablets booklet and his Knife clarification; latter experienced until 1957 numerous editions and translations.
From 1697 Martin von Cochem looked back in the homeland, now in Wallduern, where his Order took care of the Holy Blood pilgrimage. 1698 he was appointed Bishop of Speyer and Elector of Trier, Hugo von Orsbeck his authorized representative and Visitor for the Diocese of Trier.
On August 27, 1700, people moved the Father to the monastery Waghaeusel at Speyer. With a break in Aschaffenburg and Mainz, 1705-1709, he spent the evening of life. Most recently, he was hard of hearing and had to, especially in the confessional, use a Hörrohrs. A fall on the stairs to the library tied him to the bed and soon after he died.
In the crypt beneath the sanctuary Waghaeusel you put him at. Later, the bones of the buried there Capuchins came to the adjoining cemetery. There probably also rest the remains of Father Martin; the exact location is unknown. On the occasion of its 200th anniversary, a commemorative plaque was placed with his portrait in 1912 in the church, designed by the sculptor Jacob Blaser Karlsruhe, later Benedictine in Muensterschwarzach.
Varia
In his birthplace Cochem is located at his birthplace in the Liniusstraße a plaque. In addition, is named after him in Waghaeusel the Martin -von- Cochem- school and the parish hall.
The text of the song Marie A lovely rose from heilgem Country Flowers in Paradise is from Martin of Cochem. It is contained in various Annexes of the Diocesan Catholic hymnal praise of God - among others in the diocese of Speyer ( song # 888 ).
Works
- The big box garden: abbreviated in large print; it ... morning and evening ... Gebetter, as well as the Reverend sacrament of the altar and the holy Dreyfaltigkeit. Haeffner, Franckfurt, 1763 ( digitized )