Tomáš Bavorovský from
(died 1562) | preacher |
After Tomáš Bavorovský
finished his studies, he entered a very successful career as
catholic churchman. In 1546 - 1553 during his work at the Plzeň
vicarage, he acquired renown as an excellent preacher. He was soon
chosen by Wilhelm von
Rosenberg, one of whose first priorities was to reform the
disconsolate situation in the local school and vicarage attached to
the St.
Vítus Church in Český Krumlov, for the post of Český Krumlov
vicar. He also was among the first members of the restored Literary
Brotherhood in Český Krumlov. He soon became publically known
as an especially excellent preacher and an uncompromising critic of
the present situation: "How many villages and towns, even some
larger towns remain without their faithful shepherds and teachers,
they can have neither good nor bad shepherds and priests, so many
of them wish to suffer because they can not have good ones." He saw
the main reason for this in the fact that many churchmen were
leaving their professions, getting married, and becoming craftsmen
or businessmen, while the vicarages would fall into the hands of
custodians who were not properly consecrated and many times
weren\'t even ethically competent for their post.