Jens Paludan-Müller, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jens Paludan-Müller

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1771

Place of Birth: Sorø, Region Zealand, Denmark

Date of Death: 14-May-1845

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Jens Paludan-Müller

  • Jens Paludan-Müller (7 November 1771 – 14 May 1845) was a Danish bishop, teacher and author.
  • He served as the bishop of the Diocese of Aarhus between 1830 and 1845 and published a collection of his sermons.
  • In 1799 he married Benedicte Rosenstand-Goiske (1775–1820), the daughter of the priest in Gunslev, Jens Rosenstand-Goiske.
  • The couple had 9 children including the historian Caspar Paludan-Müller, the poet Frederik Paludan-Müller and the deacon Jens Paludan-Müller.He was the son of the principal of Sorø Academy's estate Caspar Peter Müller (d.
  • 1776) and Anna Paludan (d.
  • 1805).
  • His father died when he was 4 years old but his mother's guardian Laurits Laurberg Kongslev took care of Paludan-Müller and had him taught along with his own children.
  • He moved to Copenhagen with his mother and graduated primary school in 1789.
  • In 1789 he obtained a degree in theology and was hired as a teacher at the school Det Kongelige Vajsenhus in Copenhagen.
  • In 1799 he became a parish priest for Thise Parish in Viborg Diocese and in 1801 he was moved to Kerteminde to serve as the priest of Drigstrup Parish.
  • In Kerteminde he reformed the dilapidated school and social systems in his lengthy tenure there.In 1819 he was made archdeacon at St.
  • Canute's Cathedral in Odense.
  • In Odense, between 1821 and 1825, he published 3 collections of sermons which he called Bidrag til Husandagt.
  • The purpose of the sermons was to give people who didn't attend church the opportunity to study Christianity and work with their faith at home.
  • In 1826 the millennial anniversary of Christianity in Denmark was celebrated and Paludan-Müller was invited to defend his PhD in Theology again, although he turned down the offer.
  • In 1830 he was made bishop of Aarhus.
  • Jens Paludan-Müller primarily became known through his theological musings and philosophical observations with much in common with Friedrich Schleiermacher.
  • His letters and publications are well regarded to this day.Paludan-Müller was awarded the Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1813, was given the honorary emblem in 1828 and in 1836 he was made a commander of the Order of the Dannebrog.The road of Paludan-Müllers Vej in central Aarhus is named in his honor.

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