. The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 4); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . itzen, Kiobenhavns VniversiieisRetshistorie (Copenhagen, 1879); Rordam, Kiobenhavns Uni-versitets historie pa 1537 HI (Copenhagen, 1868-74). E. A. Pace. Copernicus, Nicolaus, latinized form of NiclasKOPPERNIGK, the name of the founder of the helio-centric planetary theory; b. at Thorn, 19 Feb., 1473,d. at Frauenburg, 24 May, 1543, both places being inwhat is now Prussian territory. Whether the fam-ily came originally from Silesia or fro
. The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 4); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . itzen, Kiobenhavns VniversiieisRetshistorie (Copenhagen, 1879); Rordam, Kiobenhavns Uni-versitets historie pa 1537 HI (Copenhagen, 1868-74). E. A. Pace. Copernicus, Nicolaus, latinized form of NiclasKOPPERNIGK, the name of the founder of the helio-centric planetary theory; b. at Thorn, 19 Feb., 1473,d. at Frauenburg, 24 May, 1543, both places being inwhat is now Prussian territory. Whether the fam-ily came originally from Silesia or from Poland, cer-tain it is that his father Niclas, a merchant, emigratedfrom Krakow to Thorn, and married the sister ofLucas Watzelrode, later Prince-Bishop of Ermland. Ofthe four childrenthe oldest andyoungest, Andreasand Nicolaus,adopted the cler-ical career, whilethe older girl be-came a Cisterciannun and Abbess ofCulm, and theyounger whole familybelonged to theThird Order of Nic-olaus was hardlyten years old whenhis father died. Hisuncle, Lucas, how-ever, took chargeof the children andgave the boys a uni-versity Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Nicolai de Thorunia was matriculated inKrakow in 1491, where he studied classics, mathe-matics, drawings, and perspective. Professor Blar,who represented astronomy, belonged to the school ofPtolemy. The bishop, himself a former student ofBologna, sent the boys to Italy. In 1497 Nicolauswas enrolled m the University of Bologna as of Ger-man nationahty and a student in canon law. Healso studied Greek and became a disciple of Novara,then professor of astronomy. To obtain for hisnephews the necessary support, the bishop procuredtheir election as canons by the chapter of Frauenburg(1497-1498). In the spring of 1500 the brothers wentfrom Bologna to Rome for the jubilee. According toGeorge Joachim, surnamed Rheticus (because anative of Feldkirch, in ancient Rhtetia) and his friendAchilles Gasser, Copernicus gave
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