Johannes Trithemius

German Benedictine abbot and a polymath active in the German Renaissance

1462 CE to 1516 CE

Johannes Trithemius (February 1, 1462 – December 13, 1516), born Johann Heidenberg, was a German Benedictine abbot and a polymath active in the German Renaissance as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer and occultist.

He has considerable influence on the development of early modern and modern occultism.

His students include Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus.

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