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Wigand may refer to: Given name *Saint Wigand, three people: ** Venantius of Berri, 5th century ** Venantius of Camerino, 3rd century ** Venantius of Salona, 3rd century *Wigand of Herford, author of a biography of Saint Waltger *Wigand Siebel, German sociologist *Wigand Wirt, German theologian * Wigand of Marburg, German herald of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia Surname * Johann Wigand (ca. 1523-1587), German Lutheran cleric and theologian, and Bishop of Pomesania *Albert Julius Wilhelm Wigand (1821–1886), German botanist and opponent of Darwin's theory of evolution * Jeffrey Wigand, former vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson *Justus Heinrich Wigand, German obstetrician Other * ''Wigand'' (album), album by the German band Adorned Brood See also *Weigand *Wiegand *Weygand Weygand is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Conrad Weygand (1890–1945), German chemist * Maxime Weygand (1867–1965), French military commander * Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venantius Of Berri
Venantius of Berri was a fifth century Saint and abbot. He was born in Berri and joined the order of Martin of Tours and was elected abbot. His life was written by Gregory of Tours Gregory of Tours (30 November 538 – 17 November 594 AD) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours, which made him a leading prelate of the area that had been previously referred to as Gaul by the Romans. He was born Georgius Florenti .... His feast day was 13 October. References {{saint-stub French abbots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venantius Of Camerino
Venantius of Camerino ( it, San Venanzio, also known as Saint Wigand) (died 18 May 251 or 253)San Venanzio di Camerino Santiebeati.it (2002-06-29). Retrieved on 2011-02-02. is the of , and Raiano, Italy. tradition holds that he was a 15-year-old who was tortured, and martyred by |
Venantius Of Salona
Venatius of Salona (also Wigand; died 259), was a Christian saint, martyr and Bishop of Salona in Dalmatia, active in the later half of the third century AD. He was martyred in Delminium. He either was the first bishop or succeeded Saint Domnius as bishop. Originally buried in Dalmatia, his body was brought to Rome by Pope John IV in 640 and his relics were in the baptistery of the Lateran Basilica, which also contains a mosaic of him. Unlike other saints he was not found in early martyrologies, appearing for the first time in a twelfth-century Hungarian liturgical calendar. His feast day The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context d ... was on 1 April. As well as Rome and Dalmatia he was a popular saint in Toledo. References 3rd-century Christian martyrs 3rd-century bisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltger
Waltger was a Saxons, Saxon nobleman who founded Herford Abbey in the 830s. In 838, he gave the monastery to the Emperor Louis the Pious, who in turn placed it under the authority of the Benedictine Order, Benedictine nunnery of Notre-Dame de Soissons.Eric Knibbs, ''Ansgar, Rimbert and the Forged Foundations of Hamburg-Bremen'' (Routledge, 2016 [2011]), pp. 64–65. Waltger is not attested in any contemporary document, but is first mentioned in his hagiography, ''Vita sancti Waltgeri'' ("Life of Saint Waltger"), written in the 13th or 14th century by Wigand, a monk of Herford. Although the source is late, it is considered trustworthy in its basic outline. According to the ''Vita'', Waltger's grandfather, Aldolf, converted to Christianity during the reign of Charlemagne. His father's name was Dedda. The ''Vita'' includes a letter supposedly written by Pope Gregory III to Saint Boniface, the relevance of which to the life of Waltger is unclear and the authenticity of which is disputed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wigand Siebel
Wigand Siebel (born 4 January 1929 in Freudenberg, Westphalia, died 29 August 2014) was a German sociologist. Scientific career After his graduation, Siebel worked for the Social Research Center of Dortmund. In 1964, he was appointed a lecturer at the Ruhr University at Bochum. In 1965, he was appointed Professor of Sociology at the University of the Saarlands in Saarbrücken. The following is his academic timeline: #Studied in Kiel, Munich and Münster. #1955-1959: Fellow at the Institute for Christian Social Sciences in Münster. #1955: Received his Doctorate in Political Science at Münster. #1955-1959: Publishing Company of Freiburg #1959-1964: Fellow of Social Research at the University of Münster in Dortmund. #1964: Promotion to academic status in Münster #Since 1965: Full Professor at Saarbrücken He is the Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Saarland. Life Siebel was raised an Evangelical Protestant and converted to Catholicism a short time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wigand Wirt
Wigand Wirt (1460June 30, 1519) born at Frankfurt, was a German theologian best known for his polemic writings attacking the Catholic doctrine of the immaculate Conception. In 1506, the Archbishop of Mainz forbade the reading of certain of Wirt's works, and in 1512, the Vatican officially decided against him. He was elected as prior of a convent in Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ... in 1506, and was a prior in Steyer at the time of his death. References * 1460 births 1519 deaths Clergy from Frankfurt 16th-century German Catholic theologians German male non-fiction writers 16th-century German male writers {{Germany-christian-theologian-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wigand Of Marburg
Wigand of Marburg (german: Wigand von Marburg)Note that ''von Marburg'' is a purely descriptive title added to his original name of Wigand by later historians, rather than a proper surname. Also the ''von'' should not be confused with a preposition used in later times to denote someone's noble status was a German herald of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia and one of the notable chroniclers of the Middle Ages. Wigand expanded upon the earlier work of Nikolaus von Jeroschin. His ''Chronica nova Prutenica'' (''New Prussian Chronicle'') is one of the principal sources of information used for the history of the Prussian lands and parts of the adjoining Grand Duchy of Lithuania, covering the period between 1293 and 1394. Originally written in Middle High German rhymed prose, the work combined actual accounts with legends, folk tales, and myths. Out of an estimated length of 17,000 lines, only about 500 have survived to the present day. However, in 1464, the Polish chronicler Jan Długosz, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Wigand
Johann Wigand (Latin: Jo(h)annes Wigandus; c. 1523 – 21 October 1587) was a German Lutheran cleric, Protestant reformer and theologian. He served as Bishop of Pomesania. Johann Wigand was born at Mansfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was raised within a Lutheran family. From 1538, Wigand studied at University of Wittenberg, attending lectures by Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon. While working in Magdeburg, he was one of the main contributors to the ''Magdeburg Centuries'', a critical work on church history. In 1545, he graduated with a master's degree. In 1546, he became pastor in his hometown. In 1553, he was appointed pastor at the Church of St. Ulrich (''Sankt-Ulrich-und-Levin-Kirche'') in Magdeburg. In 1560, he became a professor of theology at University of Jena in Thuringia. In 1563, Wigand received his Doctorate of Theology from the University of Rostock. In 1573, August of Saxony took over the administration of Saxe-Weimar. Johann Wigand, together with nea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Julius Wilhelm Wigand
Julius Wilhelm Albert Wigand, known as Albert Wigand (April 21, 1821 – October 22, 1886) was a German people, German Botany, botanist, Pharmacology, pharmacologist and Pharmacognosy, pharmacognostician. His is most well-known for being the director of the Alter Botanischer Garten Marburg from 1861 to 1886, and for his opposition to Charles Darwin and the theory of Evolution on religious grounds. Early life and education Wigand was born in the Hessian village of Treysa to Johann Heinrich Friederich Wigand (November 2, 178 - Jun 30, 1855), an apothecary, and his wife Sophie Christiane (née Kulenkamp; May 13, 1793 - November 24, 1859). Wigand's paternal grandmother Anna Dorothea (1750–1805) was the daughter of Dorothea Erxleben, who made history in her own right as the first woman in Germany to become a medical doctor, doctor of medical science. His grandfather, Anna Dorothea's husband, was Ludwig Christian Anton Wigand, an evangelical preacher, and this marriage of science and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Wigand
Jeffrey Stephen Wigand (; born December 17, 1942) is an American biochemist and whistleblower. He is a former vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson in Louisville, Kentucky, who worked on the development of reduced-harm cigarettes and in 1996 blew the whistle on tobacco tampering at the company. This was adapted for 1999 film '' The Insider'', with Russell Crowe portraying Wigand. He currently lectures around the world as an expert witness and consultant for various tobacco issues. Early life, military service and education Wigand was born in New York City and grew up in the Bronx and later Pleasant Valley, New York. After a brief time in the military (including a short assignment in Vietnam), he earned a Master's in Biochemistry and a PhD from the University at Buffalo in Biochemistry. Career Prior to working for Brown & Williamson, Wigand worked for several health care companies, including Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson. In addition, he was employed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justus Heinrich Wigand
Justus Heinrich Wigand (13 September 1769 – 10 February 1817) was a Baltic German obstetrician born in Reval (Tallinn). Wigand studied medicine at the Universities of Jena and Erlangen, earning his doctorate at the latter. From 1793 to 1814 he was a physician in Hamburg, and afterwards lived in Heidelberg, Schwetzingen and Mannheim. He is remembered for introducing an assisted breech delivery procedure known as the "Wigand maneuver". Mondofacto Dictionary, definition of eponym His best written effort, "''Die Geburt des Menschen''" was published posthumously in 1820. Selected publications * ''Von den Ursachen und der Behandlung der Nachgeburtszögerungen'', 1803. * ''Drey den medicinischen Facultäten zu Paris und Berlin zur Prüfung übergebene geburtshülfliche Abhandlungen'', 1812. * ''Die Geburt des Menschen in physiolo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wigand (album)
Wigand may refer to: Given name *Saint Wigand, three people: ** Venantius of Berri, 5th century ** Venantius of Camerino, 3rd century ** Venantius of Salona, 3rd century *Wigand of Herford, author of a biography of Saint Waltger *Wigand Siebel, German sociologist *Wigand Wirt, German theologian * Wigand of Marburg, German herald of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia Surname * Johann Wigand (ca. 1523-1587), German Lutheran cleric and theologian, and Bishop of Pomesania *Albert Julius Wilhelm Wigand (1821–1886), German botanist and opponent of Darwin's theory of evolution * Jeffrey Wigand, former vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson *Justus Heinrich Wigand, German obstetrician Other * ''Wigand'' (album), album by the German band Adorned Brood See also *Weigand *Wiegand *Weygand Weygand is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Conrad Weygand (1890–1945), German chemist * Maxime Weygand (1867–1965), French military commander * Robert W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
