Elisabeth Cruciger
German hymnwriter and poet · Germany · On the map · Writers · Lived 1500 to 1535 · aged 35
Elisabeth Cruciger, a German writer, was the first female poet and hymnwriter of the Protestant Reformation and a friend of Martin Luther.
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The hymn Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn by Elisabeth Cruciger from Martin Luther's Erfurt Enchiridion, 1524![Workshop of Lucas Cranach the younger: Christ blessing the Children, w. Caspar Cruciger in black, next to Elisabeth and second wife Apollonia Günterode in background[2][3]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Lucas_Cranach_%28II%29_workshop%2C_Christ_blessing_the_Childen%2C_Schleswig%2C_Schloss_Gottorf.jpg/500px-Lucas_Cranach_%28II%29_workshop%2C_Christ_blessing_the_Childen%2C_Schleswig%2C_Schloss_Gottorf.jpg)
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the younger: Christ blessing the Children, w. Caspar Cruciger in black, next to Elisabeth and second wife Apollonia Günterode in background[2][3]
Ruins of Marienbusch AbbeyAbout this person
Country
Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1500 to 1535 · aged 35
