Johannes Honter
Transylvanian Saxon renaissance humanist (1498–1549) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Johannes Honter (also known as Johann Hynter; Latinized as Johann Honterus or Ioannes Honterus; Romanian sources may credit him as Ioan, Hungarian ones as János; 1498 – 23 January 1549) was a Transylvanian Saxon, renaissance humanist, Protestant reformer, and theologian. Honter is best known for his geographic and cartographic publishing activity, as well as for implementing the Lutheran reform in Transylvania and founding the church, which would become the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania, after the union of Transylvania with Romania.
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Born | Johannes Honter 1498 (1498) |
Died | 23 January 1549 (aged 50–51) Brassó, Transylvania |
Known for | founding the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Transylvania |
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Education | University of Vienna (1520–1525) University of Kraków (1530) |
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Era | Reformation |
Main interests | Lutheranism |
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