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Angelus Silesius, 1624-1677

LC control no.n 50021975
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPT1791.S2
Personal name headingAngelus Silesius, 1624-1677
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Variant(s)Silesius, Angelus, 1624-1677
Angelus, Silesius, 1624-1677
Scheffler, Johann, 1624-1677
Scheffler, Johannes, 1624-1677
Scheffler, Jan, 1624-1677
Ślązak, Anioł, 1624-1677
Angelus Silesius, Johann, 1624-1677
Silesius, Johann Angelus, 1624-1677
Johann Angelus, 1624-1677
Angelus, Johann, 1624-1677
Silesio, Johann Angelo, 1624-1677
Angelo Silesio, Johann, 1624-1677
Bonamicus, Christianus, 1624-1677
Angelus Silesisus, 1624-1677
Silesisus, Angelus, 1624-1677
Scheffer, Johann, 1624-1677
Other standard no.0000000121385809
Birth date1624-12
Death date1677-07-09
Place of birthWrocław (Poland)
Place of deathWrocław (Poland)
Profession or occupationPoets
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Found inCherubinischer Wandersmann ... 1895.
Allg. dt. Biogr. (Angelus Silesius, pseud. of Johann Scheffler, b. 1624, d. 7/9/1677)
Neue dt. Biogr. (Angelus Silesius, really Johannes Scheffler; b. 1624, d. 7/9/1677)
Grosse Brockhaus (Angelus Silesius, lat. "Schlesischer Bote", pseud. of Johannes Scheffler; b. 1624, d. 7/9/1677)
Brockhaus Enz. (Angelus Silesius, really Johann Scheffler; b. 1624, d. 7/9/1677)
Collier's (Angelus Silesius (1624-1677) the "Silesian Angel", born Johannes Scheffler)
Brittanica, 15th ed. (Scheffler, Johannes, pen name Angelus Silesius (1624-1677))
Wiśniewska, K. J. Teologia Angelusa Silesiusa (Jana Schefflera), 1984: t.p. (Jana Schefflera)
Kosian, J. Mistyka Śląska, 2001: t.p. (Anioł Ślązak)
Grove Music Online, WWW site, April 8, 2005 (Angelus Silesius(, Johann) (Scheffler, Johannes) (b. Breslau (now Wrocław), Dec. 1624; d. Breslau, July 9, 1677). German poet. A clash with the Protestant censor led to his conversion to Catholicism on 12 June 1653, on which occasion he assumed the name of (Johann) Angelus Silesius.)
Angelus Silesius. Heilige Seelen-Lust, c2004: t.p. (Angelus Silesius) prelim. p. 8 (assumed name of "Johann Angelus", June 12, 1653; added the national designation "Silesius" to distinguish it from a contemporary similar name) facsim. of original t.p. (Johann Angelo Silesio)
Send-Schreiben Christiani Bonamici an H. D. Schefflern, der heil. Römisch. Kirchen Priestern und Fürstl. Bischofflichen Bresslauischen Rath, 1665
Deutsches Pseudonymen-Lexikon: p. 37 (Bonamicus, Christianus = Scheffler, Johann [i.e. Angelus Silesius])
Maximilianus Sandæus, un jésuite entre mystique et symbolique, 2020: t.p. (Angelus Silesisus)
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