Jan Peider Danz
Jan Peider Danz (* around 1575 in Zuoz ; † July 20, 1620 in Teglio ; also Johann Peter Danz ) was a Swiss Reformed pastor who was murdered in 1620 during the Veltliner murder .
Life
Jan Peider Danz was born around 1575 in Zuoz, a municipality in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . He attended the Zurich Latin School from 1590 to 1594 . He then studied philosophy and theology at the University of Basel . In 1596 he finished his studies with a bachelor's degree . From 1597 he was a teacher in his hometown. The next year, the University of Basel awarded him a master's degree.
In Chur , Danz was accepted into the Evangelical-Rhaetian Synod in 1600 . In connection with this he was allowed to serve as pastor in Celerina , but the next year he moved to Teglio in the Valtellina . In the course of the Bündner turmoil and during the Veltliner murder, Danz was murdered together with 61 Protestants on July 20, 1620 in Teglio.
literature
- Erich Wenneker : Danz, Jan Peider. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 15, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-077-8 , Sp. 461-463.
- Bartholomäus Anhorn the Elder : Graw-Pündtner-Krieg 1603-1629
- Bartholomäus Anhorn the Younger : Holy Rebirth of the Protestant Church in the common three alliances of the free high Rhaetians (Brugg and St. Gallen 1680)
- Historical description of the riots and wars that arose in the Rhaetian Lands years ago and were brought to an end , translated from the Latin, Johann Rudolph Frey, 1701 and 1703
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Danz, Jan Peider |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Danz, Johann Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss reformed pastor and victim of the Veltliner murder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1575 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zuoz |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1620 |
| Place of death | Teglio |