Codomann, Lorenz
Codomann, Lorenz
a German Protestant chronologist, was born at Flotz, September 15, 1529. He was successively co-rector at Amberg, rector at Hof, pastor at Eger, and superintendent at Germersheim and at Bayreuth, where he died, April 2, 1590. His principal works are, Supputatio Praeteritorum Annorum Mundi (Leipsic, 1572): Annales Sacrae Scripturae (Wittenberg, 1581). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten- Lexikon, s.v.