# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolaus-selnecker
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:04:20.473Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikolaus-selnecker"
name: "Nikolaus Selnecker"
slug: "nikolaus-selnecker"
description: "Nikolaus Selnecker was a German musician, theologian and Protestant reformer. He is now known mainly as a hymn writer. He is also known as one of the principal authors of the Formula of Concord along with Jakob Andreä and Martin Chemnitz."
tagline: "German musician and theologian (1530-1592)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nikolaus-Selnecker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1530-12-05"
deathDate: "1592-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.47872666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaus_Selnecker"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaus_Selnecker"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaus_Selnecker"
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    title: "Nicolaus Selneccerus"
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    title: "Nikolaus Selnecker"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump