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Place of Birth: Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany
About Johannes Gigas
- Johannes Gigas (22 February 1514 — 12 July 1581) was a German Protestant theologian, hymn writer, educator and Reformer.
- Gigas was born in Nordhausen, Thuringia and died in Schweidnitz (now Swidnica, Silesia, Poland).The libretto of Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114, a chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, was based on "Ach lieben Christen seid getrost", a hymn text by Gigas.
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