Matthias Flacius
Croatian theologian
- Lived
- 1520–1575
- Country
- Republic of Venice
- Also writes as
- Joannes Waremundus, Publius Aesquillius
Updated September 2026
About Matthias Flacius
Matthias Flacius Illyricus or Francovich was a Lutheran reformer from Istria, present-day Croatia. He was notable as a theologian, sometimes dissenting strongly with his fellow Lutherans, and as a scholar for his editorial work on the Magdeburg Centuries.
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