Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg (March 16, 1445 – March 10, 1510), Swiss-born preacher, considered one of the greatest of the popular preachers of the 15th century. March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... Events Discovery of Senegal and Cape Verde by Dinas Diaz Births March 1 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (died 1510) March 16 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (died 1510) Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (died 1497) Nicolas Chuquet, French mathematician Deaths June 5 - Leonel Power, English composer June 11 - Henry... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... Events Conquest of Pskov by Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy. ... Motto: Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno (English: One for all, all for one) Anthem: Swiss Psalm Capital Bern 46°57′ N 7°27′ E Largest city Zurich Official languages German, French, Italian, Romansh Government Federal Council Federal republic Moritz Leuenberger (Vice Pres. ... Preacher is a colloquial term for a clergyman, in particular a local priest, pastor or Minister; one who preaches. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ...

He was born at Schaffhausen, but from 1448 passed his childhood and youth at Kaisersberg in Upper Alsace, from which place his current designation is derived. In 1460, Johann entered the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg in Baden Germany. After graduation, Johann lectured there for some time on the Sententiae of Peter Lombard, the commentaries of Alexander of Hales, and several of the works of Aristotle. Location within Switzerland Schaffhausen is a city in northern Switzerland; it has an estimated population of 33,700 in 2003. ... Events January 5/ 6 - Christopher of Bavaria, Norway and Sweden dies with no designated heir leaving all three kingdoms with vacant thrones. ... Capital Strasbourg Land area¹ 8,280 km² Regional President Adrien Zeller (UMP) (since 1996) Population  - Jan. ... Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ... Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg was founded 1457 in Freiburg by the Habsburgs. ... For other uses, see Baden (disambiguation). ... Peter Lombard (c. ... Alexander Hales (also Halensis, Alensis, Halesius, Alesius; called Doctor Irrefragabilis and Theologorum Monarcha) was a scholastic theologian. ... Aristotle, marble copy of bronze by Lysippos. ...

A living interest in theological subjects, awakened by the study of John Gerson, led him in 1471 to the University of Basel, a centre of attraction to some of the most earnest spirits of the time. Made a Doctor of Theology in 1475, Johann received a professorship at Freiburg in the following year; but his tastes, no less than the spirit of the age, began to incline him more strongly to the vocation of a preacher, while his fervour and eloquence soon led to his receiving numerous invitations to the larger towns. Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Jean Charlier de Gerson (December 14, 1363 - July 12, 1429), French scholar and divine, chancellor of the university of Paris, and the ruling spirit in the ecumenical councils of Pisa and Constance, was born at the village of Gerson, in the bishopric of Reims in Champagne. ... This article is about the year 1471, not the BT caller ID service accessible by dialling 1-4-7-1. ... The University of Basel (German: Universität Basel) is located at Basel, Switzerland. ... Doctor of Theology (in Latin Theologiae Doctor) is an academic degree. ... Events August 29 - Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England. ... Freiburgs location in Germany Freiburg city from Schlossberg Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Breisgau region, on the western edge of the southern Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald) with about 214,000 inhabitants. ...

Ultimately Johann accepted in 1478 a call to the cathedral of Strasbourg, where be continued to work with few interruptions until within a short time of his death on the roth of March 1510. The beautiful pulpit erected for him in 1481 in the nave of the cathedral, when the chapel of Saint Lawrence had proved, too small, stili bears witness to the popularity he enjoyed as a preacher in the immediate sphere of his labors, and the testimonies of Sebastian Brant, Beatus Rhenanus, Johann Reuchlin, Philipp Melanchthon and others show how great had been the influence of his personal character. His sermonsbold, incisive, denunciatory, abounding in quaint illustrations and based on texts by no means confined to the Bible,taken down as he spoke them, and circulated (sometimes without his knowledge or consent), by his friends, told perceptibly on the German thought as well as on the German speech of his time. Events February 18 - George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London. ... City motto: – City proper (commune) Région Alsace Département Bas-Rhin (67) Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) Area 78. ... Saint Lawrence (Laurentius in Latin) was one of the seven deacons of Rome, where he was martyred in 258. ... Sebastian Brant (also Brandt) (1457 - May 10, 1521), German humanist and satirist, was born at Strassburg. ... Beatus Rhenanus (also known as Beatus Bild; 22 August 1485 in Schlettstadt, Alsace-20 July 1547 in Strasbourg), was a German humanist, religious reformer, and classical scholar. ... Johann Reuchlin (January 29, 1455 - 1522) was a German humanist and Hebrew scholar. ... Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, by Lucas Cranach the Elder. ... The Bible (sometimes The Book,Good Book, Word of God, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, plural of βιβλιον, biblion, book, originally a diminutive of βιβλος, biblos, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos, meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material), is the...

Among the many volumes published under his name only two appear to have had the benefit of his revision, namely, Der Seelen Paradies von waren und volkumen Tugenden, and that entitled Das irrig Schaf. Of the rest, probably the best-known is a seties of lectures on his friend Sebastian Brant's work, Das Narrenschiff or the Navicula or Speculum fatuorum, of which an edition was published at Strassburg in 1511 under the following title: Navicula sive speculum fatuorum praestantissimi sacrarumliterarum doctoris Joannis Geiler Keysersbergii. Events Diego Velázquez and Hernán Cortés conquer Cuba; Velázquez appointed Governor. ...

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