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Angelus Silesius, 1624-1677


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  • Variants

    • Silesius, Angelus, 1624-1677
    • Angelus, Silesius, 1624-1677
    • Scheffler, Johann, 1624-1677
    • Scheffler, Johannes, 1624-1677
    • Scheffler, Jan, 1624-1677
    • Ślązak, Anioł, 1624-1677
    • Angelus Silesius, Johann, 1624-1677
    • Silesius, Johann Angelus, 1624-1677
    • Johann Angelus, 1624-1677
    • Angelus, Johann, 1624-1677
    • Silesio, Johann Angelo, 1624-1677
    • Angelo Silesio, Johann, 1624-1677
    • Bonamicus, Christianus, 1624-1677
    • Angelus Silesisus, 1624-1677
    • Silesisus, Angelus, 1624-1677
    • Scheffer, Johann, 1624-1677

  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1624-12

    • Death Date

        1677-07-09

    • Birth Place

        Wrocław (Poland)

    • Associated Language

        German

    • Occupation

      Poets

  • Identified By

    • Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

    • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

    • Earlier Established Forms

      • Scheffler, Johann, 1624-1677

    • Sources

      • found: Cherubinischer Wandersmann ... 1895.
      • found: Allg. dt. Biogr.(Angelus Silesius, pseud. of Johann Scheffler, b. 1624, d. 7/9/1677)
      • found: Neue dt. Biogr.(Angelus Silesius, really Johannes Scheffler; b. 1624, d. 7/9/1677)
      • found: Grosse Brockhaus(Angelus Silesius, lat. "Schlesischer Bote", pseud. of Johannes Scheffler; b. 1624, d. 7/9/1677)
      • found: Brockhaus Enz.(Angelus Silesius, really Johann Scheffler; b. 1624, d. 7/9/1677)
      • found: Collier's(Angelus Silesius (1624-1677) the "Silesian Angel", born Johannes Scheffler)
      • found: Brittanica, 15th ed.(Scheffler, Johannes, pen name Angelus Silesius (1624-1677))
      • found: Wiśniewska, K. J. Teologia Angelusa Silesiusa (Jana Schefflera), 1984:t.p. (Jana Schefflera)
      • found: Kosian, J. Mistyka Śląska, 2001:t.p. (Anioł Ślązak)
      • found: Grove Music Online, WWW site, April 8, 2005(Angelus Silesius(, Johann) (Scheffler, Johannes) (b. Breslau (now Wrocław), Dec. 1624; d. Breslau, July 9, 1677). German poet. A clash with the Protestant censor led to his conversion to Catholicism on 12 June 1653, on which occasion he assumed the name of (Johann) Angelus Silesius.)
      • found: Angelus Silesius. Heilige Seelen-Lust, c2004:t.p. (Angelus Silesius) prelim. p. 8 (assumed name of "Johann Angelus", June 12, 1653; added the national designation "Silesius" to distinguish it from a contemporary similar name) facsim. of original t.p. (Johann Angelo Silesio)
      • found: Send-Schreiben Christiani Bonamici an H. D. Schefflern, der heil. Römisch. Kirchen Priestern und Fürstl. Bischofflichen Bresslauischen Rath, 1665
      • found: Deutsches Pseudonymen-Lexikon:p. 37 (Bonamicus, Christianus = Scheffler, Johann [i.e. Angelus Silesius])
      • found: Maximilianus Sandæus, un jésuite entre mystique et symbolique, 2020:t.p. (Angelus Silesisus)

    • LC Classification

      • PT1791.S2

    • Editorial Notes

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    • Change Notes

      • 1980-05-09: new
      • 2023-09-29: revised

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