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Pistoris, Simon, 1489-1562

LC control no.n 94074623
Personal name headingPistoris, Simon, 1489-1562
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Variant(s)Pistorius, Simon, 1489-1562
Becker, Simon, 1489-1562
Pistor, Simon, 1489-1562
Found inPistoris, M. Nobilis & amplissimi i.c. D. Modestini, D. Simonis f., Pistoris ... Consiliorum siue responsorum volumen I[-secundum], 1587-1588: t.p. (... D. Simonis ... Pistoris) v. 2, p. 828 (D. Simon Pistoris, of Seuselitz, son [i.e. grandson] of Nicolaus Pistoris [who died 1471])
Allg. deut. Biog. (Pistoris (also Pistorius), Simon; of Seuselitz; Saxon jurist and ducal chancellor; b. Leipzig 12-3-1489; d. at Seuselitz 12-3-1562; the family was originally Becker or Bäcker but Latinized its name in the Humanist period, as was the fashion, to Pistor, calling itself "Pistoris" (scilicet, "Pistoris filius, seu nepos" (i.e. "Pistor's descendants")); son of the physician Simon Pistoris, 1453-1523; father of Modestinus Pistoris, 1516-1565)
Not found inNUC pre-1956 (misidentified as Pistoris, Simon Ulrich)