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Lussy, Melchior, 1529-1606

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Personal name headingLussy, Melchior, 1529-1606
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Variant(s)Lussi, Melchior, 1529-1606
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LocatedBellinzona (Switzerland) Nidwalden (Switzerland)
Birth date1529
Death date1606-11-14
Place of birthStans (Switzerland)
Place of deathStans (Switzerland)
AffiliationOrder of the Holy Sepulchre
Profession or occupationDiplomats Statesmen Bailiffs Mayors Governors
Found inReissbuch gen Hierusalem, 1590: t.p. (Herr Melchior Lussy, Ritter)
World biog. information system, November 17, 2008 (Lussy, Melchior; Year of birth: 1529; Year of death: 1606; Occupation classification: Statespersons, Politicians)
Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek, viewed April 16, 2024 (Lussy, Melchior ; Knight ; Swiss diplomat and council representative ; born 1529 in Stans (Nidwalden), died 1606 in Stans (Nidwalden) ; variant name: Lussi, Melchior)
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German Wikipedia, viewed April 16, 2024 (Melchior Lussi ; born 1529, died November 14, 1606 ; he was a bailiff in Bellinzona in 1558 ; In 1561 he was elected mayor of Nidwalden, and in 1562-1563 he was envoy of the Catholic localities at the Council of Trent ; In 1580 he was governor in Lugano ; In 1582 he founded the Capuchin monastery in Stans. In 1583 he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and in 1590 to Santiago de Compostela .He had been a knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem since 1583)
   <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lussi>