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[[File:Johannes_Trithemius.jpg|thumb|Detail of tomb relief of Johannes Trithemius. Originally in the Schottenkirche St. Jakob, it was moved to the Neumünster.]]'''Johannes Trithemius''' (1 February 1462 – 13 December 1516), born Johann Heidenberg, was a German Benedictine abbot and a polymath active in the German Renaissance as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer and occultist. | [[File:Johannes_Trithemius.jpg|thumb|Detail of tomb relief of Johannes Trithemius. Originally in the Schottenkirche St. Jakob, it was moved to the Neumünster.]]'''Johannes Trithemius''' (1 February 1462 – 13 December 1516), born '''Johann Heidenberg''', was a German Benedictine abbot and a polymath active in the German Renaissance as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer and occultist. | ||
He had considerable influence on the development of early modern and modern occultism. | He had considerable influence on the development of early modern and modern occultism. | ||
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== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Cryptography (nonfiction)]] | |||
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Revision as of 11:59, 30 December 2016
Johannes Trithemius (1 February 1462 – 13 December 1516), born Johann Heidenberg, was a German Benedictine abbot and a polymath active in the German Renaissance as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer and occultist.
He had considerable influence on the development of early modern and modern occultism.
His students included Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Johannes Trimethius @ Wikipedia