Franciscus Irenicus
German historian
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| Intro | German historian | |
| Places | Germany | |
| was | Religious scholar Historian Theologian | |
| Work field | Religion Social science | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1495, Ettlingen, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Government Region | |
| Death | 1 January 1553Gemmingen, Heilbronn, Stuttgart Government Region (aged 58 years) |
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Franciscus Irenicus, byname of Franz Friedlieb (1494/1495 – 1553) was a German humanist and historian.
He was born in Ettlingen and died in Gemmingen. He studied at the famous Latin school in Pforzheim, where Philipp Melanchthon was a fellow student in 1508-09. As a patriotic humanist he describes Germany in twelve books: Germaniæ exegeseos volumina duodecim a Francisco Irenico Ettelingiaco exarata, which appeared in Hagenau in 1518.