Franciscus Irenicus

Deceased Person

– 1553

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Who was Franciscus Irenicus?

Franciscus Irenicus, byname of Franz Friedlieb was a German humanist and historian.

He was born in Ettlingen and died in Gemmingen. He studied at the famous Latin school in Pforzheim, where Philipp Melanchthon was a fellow student in 1508-09. As a patriotic humanist he describes Germany in twelve books: Germaniæ exegeseos volumina duodecim a Francisco Irenico Ettelingiaco exarata, which appeared in Hagenau in 1518.

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Nationality
  • Germany
Lived in
  • Baden-Württemberg
Died
1553
Gemmingen

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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