Johannes Gamans
Johannes Gamans (* 1606 in Ahrweiler ; † November 25, 1684 in Aschaffenburg ) was a German historian and Jesuit .
Life
Gamans became known for his descriptions of architectural monuments and works of art, which he collected on the basis of documents, inscriptions and correspondence. Mostly he documented the history of the city of Mainz and the history of the diocese of Mainz . From 1644 he devoted himself to the history of the Margraves of Baden . He made several contributions to the Acta sanctorum of the Bollandists .
literature
- Otto Meyer: Johannes Gamans SJ, a forgotten chronicler . In: Fränkische Blätter for historical research and home care , Volume 3 (1951), pp. 5–7
- Karl Georg Bockenheimer : Gamans, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 357 (wrong year of death given)
- Franz Falk : The Gamansian Fragments . In: Correspondence sheet of the Gesammtverein der Deutschen Geschichts- und Alterthumsvereine 23 (1875), pp. 76–79 MDZ Munich
- Udo Kindermann : To the Würzburger Schedae Gamansianae , in: Yearbook for Franconian State Research 44 (1984), pp. 169–170
- Gamans, Johannes. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 10, Leipzig 1735, column 224 f.
- Franz Josef Mone : Sources collection of the Baden regional history , Karlsruhe 1848, 1st volume, pp. 20–22 online in the Google book search
- Karl Bosl : Bosl's Bavarian biography - Johannes Gamans in the culture portal bavarikon
- Charles De Smedt : Jean Gamans in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Gamans in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gamans, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian and Jesuit |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1606 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ahrweiler |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1684 |
| Place of death | Aschaffenburg |