Johannes Aventinus
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Johannes Aventinus (July 4, 1477 – January 9, 1534) was a Bavarian historian and philologist. His real name was Johann Georg Turmair, and "Aventinus" is a latinization of his birthplace, Abensberg. He was in communication with Philipp Melanchthon and Martin Luther. Ludwig I of Bavaria had Aventinus' bust erected in the Walhalla temple.
In 1517 he was appointed as Bavaria's official historian and was commissioned to write a history of the country.[1] The result was the “Chronicon Bavariæ” (Annals of Bavaria), a valuable record of the early history of Germany.[2]
There is a German wheat beer named after him, made by G. Schneider & Son.
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"Johannes Thurmayr". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Johannes_Thurmayr. - ^ The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood, 1907
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