Caspar Creuziger, portrayed by Lucas Cranach the Younger.
Caspar Creuziger, also known as Caspar Cruciger the Elder (1 January 1504 – 16 November 1548), was a German Renaissance humanist and Protestant reformer.[1][2] He was professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg,[1] preacher at the Castle Church (Wittenberg, Germany), secretary to and worked with Martin Luther to revise Luther's German Bible translation.[3][4]
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- ^ "Cruciger," Christian Cyclopedia, eds. Erwin L. Lueker, Luther Poellot, Paul Jackson.(St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2000)
- ^ "Creuziger, Caspar", Leipzig Lexikon (Leipzig: TDG, 1998)