Also known as:
German: Konrad von Marburg;
Latin: Magister Conrad, Conradus de Marburg
CONRAD OF MARBURG. - Famous inquisitor, b. at Marburg (Hesse), and a member of the secular clergy of the diocese of Mainz. Called magister by his contemporaries, he was distinguished for his erudition, his disinterestedness, and his rigid conduct toward himself as toward others. In 1215 he fervently preached the Crusade in northern Germany and on his own initiative unleashed himself against heretics. On 12 June 1227 he received from Gregory IX the faculty to gather companions and to seek out heretics, and then, in 1231, also that of judging them, a faculty until then reserved to bishops.
Unfortunately C. and his companions, among whom was the Dominican friar Dorso, in their exaggerated zeal overstepped their competencies, themselves sending numerous victims to the stake. Attacked by some knights, C. and his companion Gerard of Lützelöckl O.F.M. were killed on 30 July 1232 near Marburg. Gregory IX, informed by C.'s party, defended his memory and demanded the punishment of the assassins.
Esteemed for his piety by the Landgrave of Thuringia, C. had been entrusted by him with the distribution of certain ecclesiastical benefices, a charge confirmed to him by Gregory IX on 12 June 1227. C. confessed and directed St. Elizabeth of Hungary during the last five years of her life, and, after the death of his penitent, promoted her canonization.
By virtue of erroneous chronicle reports, C. was falsely numbered now among the Dominicans, now among the Franciscans; for example, in the Dominican Martyrology (1604, p. 89) and in the Franciscan Martyrology of Arturo da Münster (ed. I. Beschin-G. Palazzolo, Rome 1939, p. 426) he is listed under 3 Nov. 1257. Today his belonging to any Order is not admitted.
Bibliography8 worksB. Kaltner, Konrad v. M. und die Inquisition in Deutschland, Prague 1882; A. Hausrath, Der Ketzermeister Konrad v. M., in Kleine Schriften,
BIBL.: B. Kaltner, Konrad v. M. und die Inquisition in Deutschland, Prague 1882; A. Hausrath, Der Ketzermeister Konrad v. M., in Kleine Schriften, Leipzig 1883, pp. 137-233; O. Plülf, Konrad v. Marburg, in Kirchenlexik, VII (1891), coll. 945-55; P. Braun, Realencyclopädie für protest. Theol. u. Kirche, in Arch. f. best. Gesch., Erg. Band, 4 (1911), pp. 248-300, 331-64; E. Michael, Gesch. des deutschen Volkes, II, Freiburg 1899, pp. 200 ff., 223, 318-40; A. Hauck, Kirchengeschichte. Deutschland, IV, 5th ed., Leipzig 1925, pp. 914-18, 925 ff.; Arch. FF. Praed., 12 (1942), p. 299; E. Amann, Lucyfieri, in DThC, IX, coll. 1048-52.
Walz, Angelo. “Corrado di Marburgo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 635–636. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/corrado-di-marburgo.
MLA
Walz, Angelo. “Corrado di Marburgo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 635–636. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/corrado-di-marburgo.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec4_corrado_di_marburgo,
author = {Walz, Angelo},
title = {Corrado di Marburgo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {635--636},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/corrado-di-marburgo}
}
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