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Philipp Melanchthon
Philippus Melanchthon la
German reformer (1497-1560)
- Child of Georg Schwarzerdt, Barbara Reuter and Barbara Schwartzerdt
- Married to Katharina Melanchthon
- Dated 16 February 1497 CE – 19 April 1560 CE
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Overview
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Life
Affiliation
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Family
The family of Philipp Melanchthon
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The family as a list · 9
Family 9
What this means
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Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a shared religious affiliation
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- child of (mother) Barbara Reuter 1476 Bretten, Kurpfalz - 29 Jul 1529 Bretten, Kurpfalz
- child of (mother) Barbara Schwartzerdt
- child of (father) Georg Schwarzerdt bladesmith (1459-1508)
- parent of (child) Anna Melanchthon (1522-1547)
- parent of (child) Magdalena Melanchthon 1531 - 1575
- parent of (child) Philipp Melanchthon (1525-1605)
- sibling of Georg Schwarzerdt
- sibling of Margarete Schwarzerdt 17 Mar 1506 Bretten, Kurpfalz - 17 Jan 1540 Heidelberg
- married to Katharina Melanchthon wife of Philipp Melanchthon
Transmission
Teachers and students
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What this means
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Studied under 3
Philipp Melanchthon German reformer (1497-1560) Taught 12
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Mikael Agricola Finnish clergyman and de facto founder of literary Finnish (ca 1510-1557) Has references -
Carolus Clusius Flemish doctor and botanist (1526–1609) -
Zacharias Ursinus German theologian (1534–1583) -
Nikolaus Selnecker German musician and theologian (1530-1592) Has references - Martin Helwig ↗ German cartographer of Silesia (1516–1574)
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- Jacob Heerbrand ↗ German theologian (1521-1600)
- Jacobus Petri Finno ↗ Finnish priest Has references
- Johannes Caselius ↗ German jurist and politician (1533-1613) Has references
- Michael Neander ↗ Silesian pedagogue (1525-1595)
- Lambert Ludolf Helm ↗ Dutch humanist and poet (1535-1596)
- Eerik Härkäpää ↗ Finnish priest Has references
- Johann Wenth ↗
Also recorded as a student: 1 more record with no English name
Connections
How Philipp Melanchthon connects
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Identification 1
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Sources
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- 17 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 2 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
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