Augustin Jamund
Augustin Jamund (also Augustinas Jomantas , Jamontas , Jamundus , Polish Jamantowitz ; * around 1525, † 1576 ) was a Lithuanian Lutheran clergyman .
Life
Jamund was from 1555 to 1563 Lutheran pastor at the village church in Kraupischken (1938-1946; Breitenstein, today Russian: Uljanowo) and then a Lithuanian preacher in Ragnit (Neman).
plant
Augustin Jamund published some Lithuanian chants. He was the heir to the library of Martynas Mažvydas . Around 1545 Simonas Vaišnoras became his successor. In a letter from Prince Albrecht of Prussia on January 3, 1576, he wrote that Jomantas had started to translate the New Testament into Lithuanian .
literature
- Vaclovas Biržiška : Aleksandrynas: senųjų lietuvių rašytojų, rašiusių prieš 1865 m., Biografijos, bibliografijos ir biobibliografijos. Volume 1, 1960, p. 101.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Napaleonas Kitkauskas: Ragnit: The City of Martynas Maþvydas ( Memento from June 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Wolfenbütteler Barock-Nachrichten, Volumes 26-27
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| SURNAME | Jamund, Augustin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jomantas, Augustinas; Jamontas, Augustine; Jamundus, Augustine; Jamantowitz, Augustin (Polish) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian Lutheran clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1525 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1576 |