Franciscus Antonius, monachus Histoniensis, active approximately 1560

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Name (Latin)
Franciscus Antonius, monachus Histoniensis, active approximately 1560
Other forms of name
Franciscus Antonius, monk of Vasto, active approximately 1560
nnea Franciscus Antonius, monachus Histoniensis, fl. ca. 1560
Antonius, Franciscus, monachus Histoniensis, active approximately 1560
Franciscus Antonius, monachus Histoniensis, fl. approximately 1560
Franciscus Antonius, monachus Histoniensis, fl. ca. 1560 a
Franciscus Antonius, monk of Vasto, fl. ca. 1560
Antonius, Franciscus, monachus Histoniensis, fl. ca. 1560
Date of birth
1490
Date of death
1565
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 11554614
Wikidata: Q23581993
Library of congress: n 95056442
Sources of Information
  • Follerio, Pietro. Dom. Petri Follerii, iureconsulti clarissimi et patricii Sancti Severini, Canonica criminalis praxis, 1561:t.p. (... additionibus aliquibus factis per Magn. dominum Franciscum Antonium monachum Histoniensem I.V.D.)

Wikipedia description:

Franciscus Monachus (c. 1490 – 1565) was born Frans Smunck in Mechelen (or Malines) in the Duchy of Brabant (in modern-day Belgium). His Latinised name, adopted when he matriculated at the University of Louvain, is translated as simply Francis the monk. Franciscus Monachus was identified as the Latinised form of his name, Frans Smunck, in his obituary notice. He is remembered as the cartographer who created the first terrestrial globe in the Low Countries.

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