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Christoph Langenmantel or ''Christoph Langenmantel vom Sparren'' (1488, in
Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...
– 17 May 1538, in
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) was a nobleman,
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friar, canon of
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and a supporter of
Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Reformation, Protestant Refo ...
.


Family

He was from the Langenmantel vom Sparren family, an
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family. His parents were mayor Georg Langenmantel vom Sparren (born 1521) and Anna née
Ilsung The Ilsung, Ilsung or Illsung family was a patrician family from Augsburg in Germany. One of its branches rose to the rank of freiherr (; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , literally "free lord" or "free lady") and (, hi ...
. Georg was highly valued by
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and served in his war against Venice. In 1520 he travelled with
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to
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to welcome
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on behalf of the city. Christoph's brother Sigmund (died 1545) was a judge and
pfleger A ''pfleger'' was a mediaeval office holder in the Holy Roman Empire, a type of burgrave or ''vogt'', who was responsible for the management and defence of a castle or abbey. In Bavaria there was also the title of ''pflegskommissär'', given to ...
in
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, where his epitaph survives in the Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt. Another brother,
Ulrich Ulrich (), is a German given name, derived from Old High German ''Uodalrich'', ''Odalric''. It is composed of the elements '' uodal-'' meaning "(noble) heritage" and ''-rich'' meaning "rich, powerful". Attested from the 8th century as the name of Al ...
(died 1570) worked on the councils of Bavaria and Baden-Baden as well as hofmeister and one of the Catholic guardians of count Philibert. His sister Maria was a Benedictine nun at Holzen Abbey and was its abbess between 1538 and 1553. Charitas, another sister, became abbess of Marienstein Abbey in 1544 and there received the Benedictine nuns from Bergen Abbey near
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, expelled by
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. His father's brother was Johann IX. Langenmantel vom Sparren (died 1505), longtime mayor of Augsburg and Knight of the Golden Spurs. His great-uncle was Ulrich Langenmantel, stiftpropst to the
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in
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and founder of the first Studienstiftung in Augsburg.


Life

From October 1500 he studied in the
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and from May 1506 at the
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. From 1510 he was treasurer and cupbearer to
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, the
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and later a cardinal. He entered the Carmelite order and belonged to the St Anna Abbey in Augsburg as well as later becoming a priest-canon at
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. After the
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had to appear at the
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in 1518 before cardinal
Thomas Cajetan Thomas Cajetan (; 20 February 14699 August 1534), also known as Gaetanus, commonly Tommaso de Vio or Thomas de Vio, was an Italian philosopher, theologian, cardinal (from 1517 until his death) and the Master of the Order of Preachers 1508 to 15 ...
to answer for his 95 theses. He arrived in the city on 7 October and left on 20 October - during his stay he lived in the same abbey as Langenmantel, who took care of him and gave him advice. On 12–14 October negotiations took place between Luther and Cajetan, but he refused to revoke his theses, putting him in real danger of arrest. Christoph's father Georg was then serving as mayor and on the night of 19–20 October Christoph led Luther through a secret gate in the city wall to escape. According to tradition, Christoph said "Da hinab" ("Down there") when they reached the gate - it is still named after that phrase, as recorded in an inscription there. Luther sent him a letter of thanks from
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on 25 November 1518.
Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette (12 January 1780 – 16 June 1849) was a German theology, theologian and Biblical Studies, biblical scholar. Life and education Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette was born 12 January 1780 in Ulla (now part of the mu ...
, Johann Karl Seidemann: Dr. Martin Luthers Briefe, Sendschreiben und Bedenken, Band 6, Berlin, 1856, S. 6–8
(Digitalscan)
/ref> Despite his sympathy for Luther and his concerns, Christoph Langenmantel did not convert to
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.


Bibliography

* Hugo Kögerl: ''Die Epitaphien der Garnisonskirche (ehemals Minoritenkirche) in Ingolstadt'', Ingolstadt, 1917, S. 71 * Franz Xaver Ostermair: ''Genealogische Nachrichten über verschiedene theils noch blühende theils erloschene Geschlechter'', Ingolstadt, 1885, S. 103


External links


Webseite zum Entwurf Wilhelm Lindenschmitts des Älteren, zu seinem Luther-Langenmantel Großfresko auf Schloss Hohenschwangau (Kupferstichkabinett, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig)

Webseite zum Originalgemälde in Hohenschwangau


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Langenmantel, Christoph 1488 births 1538 deaths History of Augsburg Martin Luther Carmelites Canons (priests) German Christian monks People from Augsburg