Christian Beyer

Christian Beyer (1482, Kleinlangheim – 21 October 1535, Weimar) was a Saxon Chancellor, international lawyer and Protestant reformer.

In documents partially different names and spellings can be found (Bayer, Peyer, Bayarius, Bayoarius, Bavarus, Cristoferus Bauari, etc.).

In the summer of 1503 the young Franken was accredited as Cristoferus Bauari de Lanckhem (i.e. Christianus Baierus, Quinomen Magnum.)

According to the historic collection of Wittenberg University, he became one of the first students at the newly founded free establishment with a fast gaining reputation.

Christian Beyer the legal councillor of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony and also for the first time elected as town Mayor.

In the years of advancing the Reformation, so he turned his endeavours for the town of Wittenberg towards fulfilling his teaching post at the university.

Nevertheless, Martin Luther criticized him initially because he did not immediately renounced the papal principles, and because of his stubbornness to continue the “Jus Canonicum” .

[Martin] Luther held at that time a hiding place on the Wartburg Castle, and did not know what strides his religious brethren was conducting in Wittenberg.

George Spalatin, the Saxon Elector's theological adviser, had restrained them to moderation, out of concern that Martin Luther could gain even more resentment of his adversaries.

The Elector himself was apparently very upset by this news and sent his Chancellor Dr. Gregor Brück to the academy in order to prevent the undertaking.

While Luther abstained he made the long journey and acted as an assigned as legal adviser to King and the Queen of Denmark, who through the Nordic Kalmar Union also was regent of Sweden as well as Norway.

This led further to accession of Gustav Wasa as King of Goths and Swedes and the final end of the Nordic Kalmar Union.

Munich fonts # 531) The case was settled in the German Supreme Court in Altenburg, in full favor of the Royal claim.

Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt, gave instruction that schools and churches should be stormed to remove and destroy pictures and precious insignia.

However, the town barber surgeon Valten, publicly insulted the reformer Martin Luther and the Mayor Beyer, with his remark “they were worthy to be chased out of the state".

In 1532 of his chancellery phase, he served in the succession homage proceedings of John, Elector of Saxony in the city of Gotha, as when he also was at the convention in Brunswick to confirm the formal council authority of the town Buttelstädt.

An Epitaph[clarification needed] was built in 1917, in the village church of Kleinlangheim, honouring their great son of the Reformation.