Heinrich Knaust
Heinrich Knaust, also: Knaustinus, Knustinus, Knust, Cnaustinua, Cnustinus; (Born August 31, 1520 in Hamburg ; † November 7, 1580 in Erfurt ) was a German pedagogue , playwright , neo-Latin poet and Roman Catholic theologian .
Life
Heinrich Knaust was born the son of a goldsmith. In 1537 he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg and came to Kölln in 1540 . Here he became the head of the Latin School and had the Epiphany he wrote there on January 6, 1541. From 1543 he worked as rector in Stendal and married there. He converted to the Catholic faith and became a canon in Erfurt. Knaust made a name for himself as a playwright. In keeping with the times, his dramas deal with biblical themes. He also wrote Latin poems and treatises of religious content.
Selection of works
- Tragedy of Ordinance of the Stende. Wittenberg 1539
- Comoedia latina de sacrificio Abrahae. Wittenberg 1539 (can no longer be found)
- A seer beautiful and useful. Game, v. the darling Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Cologne 1541, Frankfurt / Main 1571
- Dido. Frankfurt / Main 1566
- Agapetus scholasticus. Strasbourg 1572
- Pecuparunpius. no place 1574
literature
- Hermann Michel: Heinrich Knaust, Berlin 1903
- Wolfgang F. Michael: Knaust, Heinrich. In: Walther Killy (Ed.): Literaturlexikon. Authors and works in German (15 volumes). Bertelsmann-Lexikon-Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1988–1991 (CD-ROM: Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-932544-13-7 ), Vol. 6, p. 406
- Jakob Franck : Knaust, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, pp. 272-274.
- Christiane Ahrens: Knaust, Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 167 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Knaust, Cnaustius, Knaustius, Henr. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 15, Leipzig 1737, column 1054.
- Irmgard Wilhelm-Schaffer: KNAUST, Heinrich (also K [c] naustinus, Knust, Knustius, Enustinus). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 120-122.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knaust, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knaustinus; Knustinus; Knust; Cnaustinua; Cnustinus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pedagogue, playwright, Latin poet and Roman Catholic theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1520 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1580 |
| Place of death | Erfurt |