Frederic Nausea
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'''Frederic Nausea''' (c. [[1480]] – [[1552]]), was a [[bishop of Vienna]], born at [[Waischenfeld]] (Blancicampium) in [[Franconia]]. He was the son of a wagonmaker and received his early education at [[Bamberg]] and probably at [[Nuremberg]] under [[John Cochlæus]]; with Paul of Schwartzenberg, canon of Bamberg, he pursued humanistic, juristic, and theological studies at [[Pavia]], [[Padua]], and later at [[Siena]], there obtaining degrees in Law and Divinity.
[[Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio]], [[Archbishop of Bologna]] and [[papal legate]] in [[Germany]], employed him as secretary and as such Nausea was at the [[Diet of Nuremberg]] (1524), at the convention of [[Ratisbon]], at the Diet of Ofen, and for a time at [[Rome]]. In 1525 he accepted the parish of [[St. Bartholomew]] at [[Frankenfurt-on-the-Main]] and the dignity of canon, but was soon obliged to leave on account of the intrigues of the [[Lutheran]]s who even excited popular riots against him. He came to Aschaffenburg and (1526) to [[Mainz]] as preacher of the cathedral. He attended the [[Diet of Speier]] (1529) and was chosen counsellor and preacher (1534) at the court of [[King Ferdinand]]. On [[February 5]] [[1538]], he was named coadjutor to [[John Faber]], Bishop of Vienna, succeeding him in 1541. Nausea laboured zealously for the reunion of the Lutherans with the Catholics, and together with other prelates, asked Rome to permit the clergy to marry and the laity to use the communion cup. He also advised [[Cologne]] or Ratisbon as the place for holding the General Council. He was prevented from being present at the opening of the [[Council of Trent]] by contrary orders from the king, but met [[Pope Paul III]] at Parma (1546) and there gave him his ''Sylvæ Synodales''. When the Council was reopened at [[Trent]] in 1551 Nausea was present, taking an active part in its deliberations, especially on the [[Sacraments]]. Only a short attendance was granted him, for he died there of a [[fever]] on [[February 6]] [[1552]]. His body was brought to Vienna and buried in the cathedral.
In the Acts of the Council Nausea is praised for his great knowledge, his exemplary virtues, and his ecclesiastical convictions (Theiner, ''Acta genuina Conc. Trid.'', I, Zagreb, 1874, 652). Among his writings are: ''Distichs'' on the works of [[Lachantius]]; ''Ars Poetica''; sermons and homilies on evangelical virtues, the Sacrifice of the Mass, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the life of a true Christian; ''Catechismus cath.'' (Cologne, 1543); ''Pastoralium inquisitionum elenchi tres'' (Vienna, 1547); ''On the Resurrection of Christ and of the dead'' (Vienna, 1551); etc. For a full list see Metzner (''Fr. Nausea aus Weissenfels'', Ratisbon, 1884).
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