Matthias Flacius Illyricus Flacius’ Children Matthias Flacius Illyricus Junior
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(12 September 1547 – 27 April 1593) Matthias Flacius Illyricus, Jr. was the oldest son of Matthias Flacius Illyricus. He was born on 12 September 1547 in Braunschweig (Brunswick), where his parents were staying temporarily. His mother and father had become refugees in the autumn of 1546 when the troops of Maurice of Saxony attacked Wittenberg on 6 November 1546 and when the university closed down. Matthias and Elisabeth fled to Braunschweig and Matthias Jr. was born there the following year. Soon after his birth the Wittenberg University was opened again (Melanchthon had signed the Augsburg Interim in the meantime) and Flacius returned to his teaching schedule in the autumn of 1547. Around Easter 1549 the Flacius family moved to Magdeburg, so already as a small child, Matthias Jr. was an experienced traveler. At fifteen years of age (in 1562) his father sent young Matthias to study medicine in Strasbourg. He received recommendations from the Regensburg superintendent Nicolaus Gallus and from the Strasbourg superintendent Nicolaus Marbach. On 11 November 1564 Matthias Jr. enrolled at the University of Tübingen (See Theodor Elze, Die Universität Tübingen und die Studenten aus Krain, p. 41 (reprint, 1977)). There is also an interesting piece of information in a letter written by Primož Trubar (Primus Truber) on 28 May 1570 in Derendingen (the letter has been published on pages 233-4 in Pisma Primoža Trubarja by Jože Rajhman). In his letter Trubar mentions the possibility of Matthias Jr. replacing Juraj Dalmatin as a scholarship recipient. Matthias Jr. also traveled with his father sometimes, who was teaching him theology from an early age. When he was 25 he published a defense of his father against Heshusius in connection with original sin (See Bibliography below). In August 1572 Matthias Jr. came to Rostock, where on 1 April or 25 August 1574 he received a master’s degree in philosophy. The dean of the faculty was Jacobus Prätorius at the time. Records show that in 1574 he was matriculated as a student of medicine and that as of 27 April 1579 he was working at the Faculty of Philosophy of Rostock, where in 1580 he was appointed professor “philosophiae & logicae Aristotelis”. He was teaching dialectics and rhetoric there (especially Aristotle’s and Cicero’s). One year later, on 23 September 1581, at the age of 34 he became a doctor of medicine by defending his work “De catarrho; ward darauf zum Dr Med prom”. The following year (in 1582) he married Anna Schlorf, the daughter of Hermann Schlorf of Rostock. Most likely he pursued parallel studies in philosophy and medicine, and the latter seemed to be his preference. Thus, in 1592 he changed his teaching position in philosophy at Rostock University for a professorship in practical medicine at the same institution. Matthias Flacius, Jr. died young, at the age of 46. The eulogy was held by the rector of Rostock University on 30 April and was published the same year. Illustration: Eulogy of Matthias Flacius, Jr. Leichenprogramm für Matthias Flacius, Mediziner und Philosophieprofessor in Rostock. (Academia Rostochiensis ; Programmata Funebria)
Amolitio XX. errorum, quos Heshusius Illyrico falso objicit. Examen novae D. Musaei de peccato originali sententiae. Matth. Fl. Illy. filius (Islebiae: Andream Petri, 1572. 22 Julij.). Aestimatio materiae medicae utriusque generis (1574). Tabvlae in dialecticam. Continentes praecepta ad finem artis maxime neccesaria. Editae a M. Matth. Fl. juniore (Rostochii: Stephanus Myliander [Stephan Möllemann], 1579). It contains a dedication to Johannes Hoben. Dispvtatio physica, Complectens cavsas longae et brevis vitae, omnibvs viventibvs commvnes. Ad librum Aristotelis, cui de longitudine & breuitate vitae titulus est. Scripta a Matth. Fl. Iuniore (Rosctochii: Myliander, 1580). Propositiones de catarrho. Praes. H. Brucaeo (Rostochii, 1581). Commentariorum physicorum de vita et morte, libri quatuor, in quibus ea, quae eiusdem argumenti ab Aristotele & Galeno, caeterisque tum Philosophis tum Medicis brevis sparsim obscruriusve tradita sunt, expeditiori methodo copiosius explicantur. Autore Matthia Ill. f. Flacio. Cum gemino et accurato ind Medicine Doctore, et in…Rostochiensium Academia Professore (Francoforti ad Moenum: Corvinus, 1584). Propositiones continentes demonstrationem quatuor elementorum, Ignis, Aeris, Aquae et Terrae. Quod ex his omnia alia corpora sub Luna sunt, constituantur et coaelescant, in aque vicissim dissolvantur: ad publicam disputationem editae , quas: praeside D. Mathia Flacio defendere conabitur Henricus Pauli Rostochiensis (Rostochii: Milliandrinis, 1589). XVIII. Dispvtationes partim physicae partim medicae. In academia Rostochiensi propositae a Matthia Flacio… Quarum catalogum inuenies post epistolam dedicatorum (Rostocii: Myliandri, 1591). The work was dedicated to Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg. Themata de odoribus et saporibus/ ad publicam disputationem a Matthia Flacio … de quibus, Respondents Daniele Cramero (Rostochii: Möllemann, 1591). This is the defense of a work by theologian Daniel Cramer (1568-1637) at Rostock University. Opus logicvm in Organon Aristotelis Stagiritae, summi philosopi omniumque Peripateticorum facile Principis absolutissimum et tam docentibus quam discentibus utilissimum sane ac per quam neccesarium. Constans Libris XIII. Nempe: Logicae Generalis Libris VI, Apodictices Libris IIII, Dialectices Libris IIII. Autore Matthia Flacio, Doct. Medic. in Schola Rostochiensi ... olim Professore (Francoforti: Nicolai Bassaei [Nikolaus Basse], 1593). Daniel Cramer, Flacius’ friend who lived in Rostock until 1592 wrote the introduction to this work and was its editor. De Concoctione et cruditate. Matthias Flacius praeside. Iohannes Bacmeisterus Resp. (Rostocii: Stephan Mylliandrum, 1594). Bacmeister, Johann (1563-1631) Disputationes XVIII. partim physicae, partim medicae. In academia Rostochiensi propositae (Rostocii: Stephan Mylliandrum, 1594). Disputationum partim physicarum, partim medicarum. Ed. 2 (Rostocii: Stephan Mylliandrum, 1602). Disputationes XVIII partim physicae partim medicae in Academia Rostochiana propositae (Rostocii: L. Albertum, 1603). Commentariorum physicorum de vita et morte libri IIII: in quibus ejusdam argumenti ab Aristotele et Galeno, caeterisque tum philosophis tum medicis brevius sparsim obscuriusque tradita sunt: expeditiori methodo copiosius explicantur ... Postuma et a multis doctis viris diu desiderate ed./ Matthias Flacius (Lubecae: Iauchius, 1616). -------------------- Trew Abdias (1597-1669), Examen Theologico-Philosophicum Hypersophiæ Antibiblicæ : Eorvm, Qui I. Negant Aquas Supercœlestes Mosaicas, ut, ante hodiernos quoasdam Philosophos, fecit & propugnare studuit Matthias Flacius. Il. Diluvium universale particulare faciunt, ut facit Isaacus Vossius. III. Motum Solis & reliquorum fiderum terræ tribunt, ut post Copernicum plerique faciunt hodiernorum Astronomorum / Institvtvm A M. Abdia Trew, Mathematum & Physices in Universitate Altdorffina Professore Publico (Noribergae: Miltenbergerus [Miltenberger, Johann Philipp], 1667).
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