Jakob Miller (also spelled ''Jacob Myller'' or ''Müller''; 1550 - 11 December 1597) was a Catholic reformist theologian, provost and administrator of the

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Life

Miller was born in

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. He studied at the Germanicum in

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and in 1578 was made a cathedral-preacher in

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, then on his deposition from that post in 1585 as visitor to the

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. From 1586 he was spiritual overseer of the

. In Regensburg Miller tried to set up a Jesuit college, wrote new diocesan constitutions and enforced the decisions of the

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in the diocese. In 1592 he was made the first mitred provost of Regensburg, since the bishop

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was still in his minority. He died in Regensburg, aged about 47. Moritz von Ilberg wrote: Miller's extensive literary works include ''Ornatus ecclesiasticus: hoc est: compendium praecipuarum rerum, quibus quaevis rite decenterque compositae exornari …'' (Verlag Berg, München 1591), written in German and Latin and describing church furniture.

References

Bibliography

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''Miller, Jakob''.
In: ''Neue Deutsche Biographie'' (NDB). Band 17. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, S. 521 f. * Karl Hausberger, ''Das Bistum Regensburg. Seine Geschichte'', Regensburg 2004, 109. * Karl Hausberger, ''Geschichte des Bistums Regensburg'', Bd. 1: ''Mittelalter und frühe Neuzeit'', Regensburg 1989, 326f.

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* (Irmgard Wilhelm-Schaffer) {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Jakob 1550 births 1597 deaths People from Ravensburg (district) 16th-century German Catholic theologians German male non-fiction writers 16th-century German male writers