Pastor Sievert Tiburtius Character Analysis in Buddenbrooks

Pastor Sievert Tiburtius, Clara’s husband, is a clergyman from Riga. He is the focus of an argument between Thomas and Bethsy in the wake of Clara’s death from tuberculosis, when Thomas learns that Clara has requested that her inheritance be left to Tiburtius and that Bethsy has consented to this arrangement. Thomas accuses Tiburtius of being a “fortune hunter.”

Pastor Sievert Tiburtius Character Timeline in Buddenbrooks

The timeline below shows where the character Pastor Sievert Tiburtius appears in Buddenbrooks. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Pastor Sievert Tiburtius has a scraggly blond beard and hails from Riga. He has served as a pastor... (full context)

One July afternoon, Tiburtius proposes to Clara, and Clara accepts. When he later advises Bethsy of his intent, Bethsy... (full context)

Thomas writes to Bethsy from Amsterdam and gives her his consent to accept Tiburtius’s proposal to Clara. Then Thomas adds his own good news: at a banquet held in... (full context)

In August, the Buddenbrooks return to town. Pastor Tiburtius joins them upon his return from Russia, and then the Arnoldsens arrive. Thomas escorts Gerda... (full context)

...new year. Gerda and Thomas have already made plans to tour Italy for their honeymoon. Tiburtius and Clara decide against taking a honeymoon. (full context)

...Erika, who is now 15 years old; Christian, who travels from Hamburg; and Clara and Tiburtius, who come all the way from Riga. The baby is born alive but prematurely, and... (full context)

...new house, Tony drops by and shares the news that she’s received a letter from Tiburtius in Riga, who has written the family to update them that Clara is gravely ill... (full context)

...of a heated argument. Clara died only 10 days after Thomas delivered the letter from Tiburtius to Bethsy. In a message to Bethsy that Clara enclosed in Tiburtius’s letter, she pleaded... (full context)

Thomas accuses Tiburtius of being a “fortune hunter.” Really, though, it’s not Clara’s inheritance that Thomas is upset... (full context)