Johannes_Aurifaber_(Vimariensis)
Joannes Aurifaber (Vimariensis)
German churchman, theologian, and a Protestant reformer
Joannes Aurifaber (1519 – November 18, 1575), born Johann Goldschmidt in Weimar, Germany, was a Lutheran churchman, theologian, and a Protestant reformer. Owing to a similarly-named contemporary, he is sometimes distinguished by the cognomen Vimariensis or Vinariensis ("of Weimar").