Jakob Miller
Jakob Miller (also spelled Jacob Myller or Müller; 1550 – 11 December 1597) was a Catholic reformist theologian and administrator in the diocese of Regensburg.
He was born in Kißlegg in the Allgäu and studied at the Germanicum in Rome. In 1578 he became a cathedral preacher in Konstanz, and in 1585 he was removed from that post while serving as a visitor to the bishopric of Konstanz. From 1586 he was the spiritual overseer of Regensburg.
In Regensburg, Miller worked to strengthen Catholic reform. He tried to establish a Jesuit college, wrote new diocesan rules, and enforced the Council of Trent’s reforms in the diocese. In 1592 he became Regensburg’s first mitred provost, since the bishop Philipp of Bavaria was still a minor. He died in Regensburg at age 47.
Moritz von Ilberg described Miller as the spearhead of the tridentine-minded faction in the Regensburg cathedral chapter and a key ally of Bishop Philip of Bavaria in pushing reforms, noting that the city was largely Lutheran at the time.
Miller’s writings include Ornatus ecclesiasticus (1591), a guide in German and Latin about church furniture.
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