Ivar (Corvinus) Ravn

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• Beskæftigelse: fra 1533 til 1574; Sognepræst, Starup og Grarup sogne

Notater:

(Ivarius Corvinus) Var af gammel bondeæt fra Vilstrupegnen.
Ifølge "Danmarks kirker" har der i Starup Kirke været et nu
forsvundet epitafium med følgende indskrift på latin: "Her ligger
Ivar kaldet Ravn. Men i virkeligheden var han en due. I Starup og
Grarup lærte han de himmelske Kristi trossætninger og forkastede
Pavens tomme drømme. Ren var han og jævn, som man tror at de gamles
slægt har været, retfærdig og overhovedet en gudfrygtig mand".

Note(kopieret fra Norman Lee Madsens database)
Records tell us that Ivar Corvinus/Ravn came from an old farming-family in the area around Vilstrup, located just south of Haderslev. He became the first Lutheran minister for Starup-Grarup parish circa 1533 until 1554; Ivar Ravn died sometime between 1555-1569.

The identity of Ivars's wife seems to be less than certain. According to Bornholms Samlinger II, nr. 17, page. 145, she was Botilla Ivarsdatter (Ancharius?). Another source has her as Botilla Nisdatter Krøger, the daughter of Nicolaus Krøger, alderman (rådmand) and later the mayor (borgmester) of Haderslev.

According to "Danmarks Kirker" there existed a long gone epitaph in Starup Church with the following inscription in Latin:
"Here lies Ivar called Raven -- but in reality he was a Dove. In Starup and Grarup he learned about the heavenly Christian Faith, and renounced the Pope's empty dreams. Pure and Simple he was, like the Families of old, just in all his ways and a God-fearing Man." Note: "ravn" is the danish word for raven.

On possible male descendent of Ivar Ravn:
Arends and Archelis think that Ivar Ravn had a son who was teacher (kantor) for the latin school in Haderslev from 1599-1616, but that is probably not correct according to Edvard Skovgaard. If anything he is possibly Ivar's grandson. He was father to Jens Ravn (1601-66), pastor for Haderslev 1631-44 and for Moltrup-Bjerning 1640-59. Thereafter he went northward, and finally became parish clergyman for Bjert, 1660-65.

This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, copyright 2006.

Ivar blev gift med Botilla Nisdatter Krøger cirka 1530. Botilla (datter af Nicolaus Krøger) blev født cirka 1510. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

1. Rachel Ivarsdatter Ravn blev født i 1533 i Starup Sogn; døde den 16 sep. 1611 i Starup Sogn; blev begravet den 17 sep. 1611.