Conrad Porta
German theologian and pastor
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| Intro | German theologian and pastor | |
| Places | Germany | |
| was | Religious scholar Theologian | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Religion: | Lutheranism | |
| Birth | 1541, Osterwieck, Harz District, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | |
| Death | 1585 (aged 44 years) |
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Biography
Conrad Porta (1541-1585) was a Lutheran pastor of Mansfeld, and author of theologian tracts of the first generation following Martin Luther. His most notable work is the Jungfrawen-Spiegel ("Mirror of Virgins", so called after the medieval Speculum Virginum) of 1580 which he wrote on the request of the widowed Margareta von Mansfeld-Hinterort, duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1534-1596).