Georg Braun

Georg Braun

a German Catholic theologian, who lived in the latter half of the 16th century, was archdeacon of Dortmund, then dean of the collegiate church of Cologne. He wrote, Theatrum Urbium Praecipuarum Mundi (1572, 1st ed.; published in concert with Francis Hogenberg from 1593 to 1616): — Catholicorum Trenoniensium Adversus Lutheranicae Ibidem Factionis Praedicantes Defensio, etc. (Cologne, 1605). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.