Johannes Hoffmann von Schweidnitz

Johannes Hoffmann v Schweidnitz, later Johann IV, Bishop of Meissen

Johannes Hoffmann von Schweidnitz (also: Johann Hoffmann; Latin: Iohannes Hoffmanus Svidnicensis; Czech: Jan Hofman ze Svídnice; c. 1375 – 15 April 1451) was a Roman Catholic theologian, Professor of Theology and Rector at both Prague and Leipzig Universities, and served as Bishop of Meissen from 1427 until his death.[1]

  1. ^ Josef Joachim Menzel (1972), "Hoffmann, Johannes", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 9, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 427; (full text online)