Urbanus Henricus Rhegius or Urban Rieger (May 1489, Langenargen

Langenargen

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 – 23 May 1541, Celle

Celle

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) was Protestant Reformer who was active both in Northern and Southern Germany

Germany

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 in order to promote Lutheran unity in the Holy Roman Empire

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Life

The son of Konrad Rieger, a priest, was educated in Lindau and studied in Freiburg im Breisgau, Ingolstadt

Ingolstadt

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, Tübingen

Tübingen

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 and Basel

Basel

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, at Johannes Eck. In 1519, he was ordained a priest in Konstanz

Konstanz

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, and in 1520, he became preacher in Augsburg

Augsburg

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Works (selected)

• Nova doctrina, 1526
• Die new leer sambt jrer Verlegung, 1527
• Seelenarznei, 1529
• Formulae quadam, 1535
• Dialogus von der schönen Predigt, 1536

Bibliographies

• Sebastian Ruf: Doctor Jacob Strauß und Doctor Urban Regius, in: Archiv für Geschichte und Alterthumskunde Tirols 2 (1865) 67-81
• David Schönherr: Franz Schweygers Chronik der Stadt Hall 1303-1572 (Tirolische Geschichtsquellen 1) Innsbruck 1867, 21 und 80-82
• Maximilian Liebmann: Urbanus Rhegius und die Anfänge der Reformation : Beiträge zu seinem Leben, seiner Lehre und seinem Wirken bis zum Augsburger Reichstag von 1530 ; mit einer Bibliographie seiner Schriften. Aschendorff´, Münster 1980
• Hellmut Zschoch: Reformatorische Existenz und konfessionelle Identität. Urbanus Rhegius als evangelischer Theologe in den Jahren 1520 bis 1530 (Beiträge zur historischen Theologie 88) Tübingen 1995
• Heinz Moser, Waldaufstiftung Hall in Tirol. Urkunden aus den Jahren 1490-1856 (Tiroler Geschichtsquellen 44) Innsbruck 2000, 42-46
• Romedio Schmitz-Esser, Von entlaufenen Nonnen und charismatischen Predigern. Die Lehren Luthers und ihr Niederschlag in Hall in Tirol, in: Tiroler Heimatblätter 82/1 (2007) 12-18.
• Julius August Wagenmann: Rhegius, Urbanus. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Bd. 28, S. 374–378.http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Rhegius%2C_Urbanus

Biographies

• Dietmar Lamprecht: Urbanus Rhegius: der vergessene Reformator der Lüneburger Heide ; eine Erinnerung. Missionsbuchhandlung, Hermannsburg 1980. ISBN 3-87546-024-3
• Prof. Eduard Hindelang (Hrsg.), Walter König: Der Reformator Urbanus Rhegius - Chronik einer Familie zwischen Langenargen und Finkenwerder. ISBN 300019682x

External links

• http://luther.hki.uni-koeln.de/luther/pages/sucheDrucke.html
• http://www.gbv.de (Online-Ressourcen wählen)
• http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/bibliography/r.html Nachweis lateinischer Schriften
• http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/adam/adam4/s100.html Lateinische Kurzbiographie