Petreius Aperbacchus

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Petreius Aperbacchus , also Peter Eberbach, Petrejus Aperbach (* around 1480 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber , † 1531 in Heidelberg ) was a German humanist and lawyer.

Life

Aperbacchus was born as the son of the later professor of medicine and at the University of Erfurt Georg Eberbach in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Under his father's rectorate, he enrolled at the University of Erfurt in 1497. He came into contact with the Erfurt humanist group around Mutianus Rufus and Eobanus Hessus . When the plague broke out in Erfurt in 1505 , he fled to Strasbourg , where he established connections with the Upper Rhine humanist circle.

In Vienna in 1510 he made the acquaintance of Ulrich von Hutten and Joachim von Watt , with whom he lived together. In 1514 he stayed in Rome where he worked on "Coryciana", which made him a humanistic opponent of Rome. As a supporter of Johannes Reuchlin's ideas , Aperbacchus also appears in the Illustrium virorum epistolae ad Reudhlinum , as well as in the Epistolae obscurorum virorum . He exchanged epigrams with Hutten and exchanged letters with him.

He wrote humanistic poetry, humanistic pamphlets and was considered a pillar in the poet kingdom of Hessus. His legal skills were valued and let him rise to the patriciate of Erfurt. In his writings he advocated a national German stance that was particularly important to Germany's freedom.

Works

  • De generibus Ebriosorum

literature

personal data
SURNAME Aperbacchus, Petreius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eberbach, Peter; Aperbach, Petrejus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and humanist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1480
PLACE OF BIRTH Rothenburg ob der Tauber
DATE OF DEATH 1531
Place of death Heidelberg