Johannes Aventinus

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Johannes Aventinus (July 4, 1477–January 9, 1534), was a Bavarian historian and philologist. His real name was Johann Georg Turmair, and "Aventinus" is a latinization of his birthplace, Abensberg. He was in communication with Philipp Melanchthon and Martin Luther. Ludwig I of Bavaria had Aventinus' bust erected in the Walhalla temple.

In 1517 he was appointed as Bavaria's official historian and was commissioned to write an history of the country.^[1] The result was the “Chronicon Bavariæ” (Annals of Bavaria), a valuable record of the early history of Germany.^[2]

There is a German wheat beer named after him, made by G. Schneider & Son.

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1. ^   "Johannes Thurmayr". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company. 
2. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood, 1907