Christian Schesaus
Christian Schesaus (1535 – July 30, 1585) was a Transylvanian Saxon humanist, poet, and Lutheran pastor. He was born in Mediaș, studied first in Brașov, and then from 1556 to 1558 at the University of Wittenberg. Ruinae Pannonnicae, his best known work, was written in Latin and composed in dactylic hexameter on the model of Virgil's Aeneid.
Christian Schesaus
- Born
- 1535 · Mediaș.
- Died
- 1585 · Mediaș.
- Occupation
- poet · pastor · historian · writer
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Christian Schesaus (1535 – July 30, 1585) was a Transylvanian Saxon humanist, poet, and Lutheran pastor. He was born in Mediaș, studied first in Brașov, and then from 1556 to 1558 at the University of Wittenberg. Ruinae Pannonnicae, his best known work, was written in Latin and composed in dactylic hexameter on the model of Virgil's Aeneid.
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Born at Mediaș in 1535, died in Mediaș in 1585.
Christian Schesaus (1535–1585) was a poet, pastor and historian.
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- 1.Andreas Müller: Der griechische Katechismus des Kronstädter Reformators Valentin Wagner aus dem Jahr 1550. Dissertation Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 1997, S. 38.
- 2.G. D. Teutsch: Die Synodalverhandlungen der evangelischen Landeskirche A. B. in Siebenbürgen. Hermannstadt 1883, S. 230–251
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