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Magnus Agricola (ca. 1556 – September 28/29, 1605) was a German Lutheran bishop and theologian. The nephew of Renaissance humanist and statesman Peter Agricola, he became church minister as well as Superintendent and ecclesiastical inspector at Neuburg an der Donau (Bavaria). He authored several books on Lutheranism and took part to the ''Religionsgespräch'' of Regensburg (1601) where he opposed Roman Catholics. ==Personal life== Agricola was born in the German municipality of Holzheim and spent his childhood in the Ulm area. His famous uncle was the founder and rector of the ''Gymnasium Illustre'' in Lauingen, Bavaria (Magnus Agricola's future school) and later became councilor and State minister of the reigning Dukes of Zweibrücken and Pfalz-Neuburg, while his grandfather, also named Magnus Agricola, was a judge and administrator of Holzheim. The senior Agricola was educated at Ingolstadt, Bavaria and, planning to join the Benedictine Abbey of Elchingen, moved to Rome at a Benedictine cardinal’s (Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas). However, due to problems in Rome, including the nepotism of Pope Alexander VI and the belligerent behavior of the future Pope Julius II, the senior Agricola enlisted in the Imperial Troops. Thus, he became involved in King Charles VIII of France's Italian war (1494/95-1497). Eventually, he returned to Germany where he later showed interest in Martin Luther’s work. On January 10, 1586 at Lauingen, Agricola married Anna Maria Motz, whose father was a former student of the University of Tübingen and the princely chief tax collector of Pfalz-Neuburg. Motz's brother-in-law (and friend of Agricola) was Dietrich (Theodor) Hess, councilor of the reigning Duke of Neuburg, diplomatic envoy to Denmark and the Court of St. James (London), and permanent ambassador to the Court of France in Paris under King Henri IV and Queen-regent Mary de Medici. Agricola had a son who received a Masters degree from the University of Wittenberg. His grandson was an alumnus of the Universities of Tübingen and Wittenberg. Both descendants became Lutheran church ministers. A son-in-law, Johannes Münderlein, was the last Lutheran bishop of Neuburg (1617) and then Superintendent of Regensburg. Agricola fell ill with apoplexy and died in the early hours of September 29, 1605, in Neuburg an der Donau. His funeral was conducted by Jacob Heilbrunner, preacher at the court of Pfalz-Neuburg. Heilbrunner described the late Agricola as 'an active, honest and assiduous man who was dedicated to his colleagues, superintendents, church ministers and teachers of all the principality; (was ) also dedicated to his parishioners and known to all'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Magnus Agricola」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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