Tobias Hess (31 January 1568 – 24 November 1614) was a
German
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lawyer based in
Tübingen
Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thr ...
. He practised as a Paracelsian physician.
Hess was influenced by
Simon Studion
Simon Studion (6 March, 1543, Bad Urach–1605) was a German teacher of Latin, poet, historian, archaeologist, and author of apocryphal literature.Christoph Besold and
Johannes Valentinus Andreae
Johannes Valentinus Andreae (17 August 1586 – 27 June 1654), a.k.a. Johannes Valentinus Andreä or Johann Valentin Andreae, was a German theologian, who claimed to be the author of an ancient text known as the ''Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Ro ...
, as one of the authors of the
Rosicrucian
Rosicrucianism is a spiritual and cultural movement that arose in Europe in the early 17th century after the publication of several texts purported to announce the existence of a hitherto unknown esoteric order to the world and made seeking its ...
manifestos.Simon Studion by the Rosicrucian Library, accessed 16 December 2011
In 1597 he corresponded with Simon Studion and agreed with him that the
Papacy
The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...