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Johann Heinrich Calisius

Short Name: Johann Heinrich Calisius
Full Name: Calisius, Johann Heinrich
Birth Year: 1633
Death Year: 1698

Johann Heinrich Calisius was born in 1633 in Wohlau in Silesia [modern Wołów, Poland]. He was an archdeakon at Göppingen, court preacher to the Limpurg family, and later became a senior church official at Sulzbach [am Kocher] as well. He held a Licentiate in the Theology. He died in 1698 at the age of 65. He wrote Andächtige Hauskirche (Nuremberg, 1676), which contains 77 sacred songs.

--Gottfried Lebrecht Richter, Allgemeines biographisches Lexikon alter und neuer geistlicher Liederdichter (Leipzig: Martini, 1804), p. 32. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ZvM6AAAAcAAJ


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Johann Heinrich Calisius (5)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Ach, wie hat das Gift der SündenJohann Heinrich Calisius (Author)German8
Auf, auf, mein Herz, und du mein ganzer SinnJohann Heinrich Calisius (Author)German1
Herr, zu dessen Ruhm und EhreJohann Heinrich Calisius (Author)German2
Lobe, lobe, meine SeeleJohann Heinrich Calisius (Author)German11
O du Schöpfer aller Dinge!Cons. J. H. Calisius, geb. 1633 (Author)German1
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