Name

Johann Fabri

Original name

Johann Heigerlin

Main activity

Prelate

Secondary activity

Preacher

Title

Vicar-general of Constance, Bishop of Vienna

Name variations

Johannes Faber"

Education place

Tübingen, Freiburg

Education institution

Activity place

Constance, Vienna

Activity institution

Activity start date

1517

Activity end date

1541

Place of birth

Date of birth

1478

Place of death

Baden

Date of death

1541

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

He was a Catholic theologian known for his writings opposing the Protestant Reformation and the growing Anabaptist movement. He was in a close friendship with Erasmus. In 1529 he traveled alongside Emperor Charles V to England, seeking the expected help of Henry VIII in the war against the Turks. He founded the Kollegium St. Nikolaus in Vienna, where some of his books ended up; among them is a composite codex containing various polemical texts against Islam that shows his ex-libris (Cod. Vodobonensis Palatinus 11879).

Entry author

Sara Fani