Marcus Fronius

Marcus Fronius (1659 – 14 April 1713) was a Lutheran theologian, pedagogue, and author whose published works covered topics such as theology, metaphysics, and humoral physiology.

Facsimile of late 17th-century writings on humoral physiology by Marcus Fronius

Fronius, a Transylvanian Saxon, was born in Neustadt, Siebenbürgen, and studied under the tutelage of Johann Deutschmann and Abraham Calovius, obtaining an M.Th. from the University of Wittenberg in 1682.

He was also a poet and musician of some note, having composed pieces to accompany the Lutheran Mass; and was said to have had "extraordinary skill in drawing and in the Latin language." He died in Kronstadt, Siebenbürgen.

[see also Fronius]

Works by Marcus Fronius

References

  1. 1 2 Paul Philippi. "Fronius, Marcus"[permanent dead link]. Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, p. 661
  2. 1 2 Maja Philippi. Die verbrannte Bibliothek des Marcus Fronius. Ein Baustein zur Kulturgeschichte des siebenbürgisch-sächsischen Bürgertums im 17. Jahrhundert. Zeitschrift für Siebenbürgische Landeskunde 13 (1990) 35-38.
  3. ↑ JSTOR: Phoenix, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Autumn, 1954), pp. 92-108.
  4. ↑ Gilbert Tournoy, Lovaniensia, Volume 40