About Petrus Mosellanus
Lived 1493 – 1524 (aged 30–31). Petrus Mosellanus was a German theologian, classical scholar, humanist and university teacher.
Petrus Mosellanus Protegensis (real name Peter Schade; 1493, Bruttig – 19 April 1524, Leipzig) was a German Renaissance humanist scholar. He is best known for the popular work on rhetoric, Tabulae de schematibus et tropis, and his Paedologia.
He became professor at the University of Leipzig. He gave the opening Latin oration at the 1519 Leipzig Disputation between Johann Eck and Martin Luther.
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Who was Petrus Mosellanus?
German scholar
When was Petrus Mosellanus born?
Petrus Mosellanus was born in 1493 in Bruttig-Fankel.
When did Petrus Mosellanus die?
Petrus Mosellanus died in 1524 in Leipzig.
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Petrus Mosellanus was a theologian, classical scholar, humanist and university teacher.
What nationality was Petrus Mosellanus?
Petrus Mosellanus was German.
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