Dietrich Wichwael

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Dietrich Wichwael (* in Kaster ; † 1519 ) was auxiliary bishop in Cologne .

Wichwael, who belongs to the Augustinian order , taught theology as a professor at the University of Cologne from 1495 . From 1495 he was prior of the Augustinian monastery in Cologne and was appointed titular bishop of Cyrene and auxiliary bishop in the archbishopric of Cologne on August 2, 1504 . Acting as such since 1505, he died before March 3, 1519 and was buried in the Augustinian Church in Bedburg . Wichwael, who was considered a humanist, was a friend of Erasmus von Rotterdam and Agrippa von Nettesheim .

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  1. ↑ Article Agrippina von Nettesheim . In: Franz Josef Worstbrock (Ed.): The German Literature of the Middle Ages: German Humanism 1480-1520. Volume 1 AK. de Gruyter, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-11020639-5 , col. 23 ff. ( limited preview in the Google book search).
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SURNAME Wichwael, Dietrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wichwael, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Auxiliary Bishop in Cologne
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Caster
DATE OF DEATH 1519