Simon Cellarius
Simon Cellarius (actually: house cellar ; * probably before 1500; † 1544 in Kohren , Saxony) was a German Lutheran cantor and pastor.
Cellarius was cantor at St. Marien in Zwickau in 1521/22 . Later he was a pastor. He composed early Protestant church music.
His adopted child was the theologian and reformer Martin Borrhaus (1499–1564).
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Cellarius, Simon. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 964.
- Günther Schmidt: Cellarius, Simon. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 181 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cellarius, Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran cantor and pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1500 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1544 |
| Place of death | Kohren, Saxony |