Justus Velsius | |
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 Justus Velsius c. 1565 | |
| Born | 1510 |
| Died | 1581 (aged 70–71) |
| Occupation | Humanist |
Justus Velsius, Haganus, or Joost Welsens in Dutch (c. 1510, The Hague, Low Countries[notes 1] – after 1581 at an unknown location), was a Dutch humanist, physician, and mathematician.
Velsius started his career as a highly respected professor of liberal arts in Leuven, Strasbourg, and Cologne. Later on he portrayed himself as a prophet, and promoted his own particular view of Christianity, outlined in a pamphlet "Christiani Hominis Norma" which he wrote in London. He came into conflict with civil and ecclesiastical authorities all over Europe, and spent his final years as a preacher and faith healer in his native Holland. While in Cologne Velsius was married to Beatrix van Steenhoven, and later on, in Groningen, to Grete Cassens.
- ^ de Wal, J. (1886). Nederlanders, studenten te Heidelberg (in Dutch). Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 41. OCLC 14866965.
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