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Joachim Vadian (29 November 1484 – 6 April 1551), born as Joachim von Watt, was a humanist, scholar, mayor and reformer in the free city of St. Gallen. Biography [ edit ] Vadian was born in St. Gallen into a family of wealthy and influential linen merchants.
Joachim Vadian. Joachim Vadian ( Humanistenname Vadianus, eigentlich Joachim von Watt; * 29. November 1484 oder eher am 1. Dezember 1483 (siehe unten) in St. Gallen; † 6. April 1551 ebenda) war ein Humanist, Mediziner und Gelehrter sowie Bürgermeister und Reformator der Stadt St. Gallen.
In the years 1529-1531 the St. Gall humanist, reformer, and politician Joachim Vadian wrote a history of the abbey and city of St. Gall during the high and late middle ages (1199-1491). It goes by the title Grössere Chronik der Äbte (Great Chronicle of the Abbots). In this work, Vadian describes the way the abbey town changed into a self ...
Quick Reference. (also Vadianus; Joachim von Watt; 1484–1551), Swiss humanist, physician, and reformer of St. Gall. Born at St. Gall, he studied in the arts faculty at the University of Vienna beginning ... From: Vadian, Joachim in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation ». Subjects: History — Early Modern History (1500 to 1700)
The Reformation offers her the opportunity to finally emancipate herself from the Abbey of St.Gallen. Joachim von Watt – called Vadian – came from a respected St. Gallen family. After 16 years at the University of Vienna, where he studied, he returns to St. Gallen as a doctor. Shortly thereafter, he becomes mayor and patron of the Reformation.
Jun 1, 2017 · June 1, 2017 -- Devotions: Personalities of the Reformation: Joachim Vadian Joachim Vadian lived from November 29, 1484 to April 6, 1551. He was a humanist, professor, rector of the University of Vienna 1516-1517, physician, burgomaster, and Protestant Reformer from Switzerland. He knew and was a staunch supporter of Zwingli.
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Joachim Vadian(us) (von Watt) (1484-1551), humanist scholar, professor, and one-year rector of the University of Vienna 1516-1517, physician, burgomaster, and reformer of his home city of St. Gall, Switzerland, some 50 miles east of Zürich in eastern Switzerland, staunch friend and supporter of Ulrich Zwingli, was the friend, teacher, and finally brother-in-law of Conrad Grebel, whose ...
