Valerius Anshelm

Deceased Person

1475 – 1547

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Who was Valerius Anshelm?

Valerius Anshelm, born as Valerius Rüd, was a Swiss chronicler working in Bern.

Anshelm was born in Rottweil, a city in Swabia that was allied with the Old Swiss Confederacy. His grandfather „Boley der Rüd genannt Anshelm“ had fought on the side of the Eidgenossen in the Burgundy Wars. After studies in Kraków and Tübingen he spent some time as a travelling scholar. He then settled in Bern, where he was appointed on August 22, 1505 the headmaster of the Latin school. In 1508, he became the city physician.

As a sympathizer of the Reformation, he corresponded with reformers such as Zwingli and Vadian. A critical remark of his wife on the veneration of Mary earned him a reprimand by the city council and a substantial pay cut in 1523, and as a consequence the family moved to Rottweil two years later. However, there he got involved in the conflicts between Catholics and Protestants, too, and even spent some time in jail. When the Protestants were banned from Rottweil in 1529, he more than gladly followed a call of Bern to serve as the city's chronicler. From 1535 to 1537 he again served also as the city physician. He died between August 1, 1546 and February 21, 1547; the exact date is unknown.

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Born
1475
Nationality
  • Switzerland
Died
1547
Bern

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on July 23, 2013

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