Aurifaber
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Aurifaber was a surname borne by three prominent men of the Reformation period in Germany:
- Andreas AurifaberAndreas AurifaberAndreas Aurifaber was a German physician of some repute, but through his influence with Albert of Brandenburg, last grand-master of the Teutonic Knights, and first Protestant duke of Prussia, became an outstanding figure in the controversy associated with Andreas Osiander whose daughter he had...
(1514–1559), physician from Breslau, living in Königsberg - Johannes Aurifaber (Vratislaviensis) (1517–1568), Lutheran theologian and reformer from Breslau, brother of Andreas
- Johannes Aurifaber (Vimariensis) (1519–1575), Lutheran theologian and reformer from Weimar