About Franciscus Irenicus
Lived 1495 – 1553 (aged 57–58). Franciscus Irenicus was a German historian and theologian.
Franciscus Irenicus, byname of Franz Friedlieb (1494/1495 – 1553) was a German humanist, Protestant reformer 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: , which appeared in Hagenau in 1518.
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Who was Franciscus Irenicus?
German historian
When was Franciscus Irenicus born?
Franciscus Irenicus was born in 1495 in Ettlingen.
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Franciscus Irenicus died in 1553 in Gemmingen.
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Franciscus Irenicus was a historian and theologian.
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Franciscus Irenicus was German.
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