16th century Venetian theologian and Lutheran reformer
Matthias Flacius
Matthias Flacius Illyricus
Born
Matthias Vlacich or Francovich[1][2][3]
3 March 1520
Labin, Venetian Republic (modern Croatia)
Died
11 March 1575(1575-03-11) (aged 55)
Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire (Present day Germany)
Other names
Matija Vlačić Ilirik (Franković)
Occupation(s)
Theologian, church historian, philosopher
Years active
1544–1575
Matthias Flacius Illyricus (Latin; Croatian: Matija Vlačić Ilirik) or Francovich (Croatian: Franković)[4][1][2][3] (3 March 1520 – 11 March 1575) was a Lutheran reformer from Istria, present-day Croatia. He was notable as a theologian, sometimes dissenting strongly with his fellow Lutherans, and as a scholar for his editorial work on the Magdeburg Centuries.
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or Louis the German (806–876). This praefatio was first printed by MatthiasFlacius in 1562, and while it has no authority in the manuscripts it is generally...
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of Magdeburg, a group of Lutheran scholars in Magdeburg headed by MatthiasFlacius, wrote the 12-volume Magdeburg Centuries to discredit the Catholic...
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