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Chelidonius, Benedictus auch Hirundo, Beiname: Musophilus, eigentlich Benedikt SchwalbeChelidonius, Benedictus (also known as Hirundo, nickname: Musophilus, real name: Benedikt Schwalbe), b. Nuremberg (Germany), around 1460, d, Vienna, Sept. 8, 1521, poet, humanist. 1518-1521 Abbot of the monastery of the Virgin Mary (Schottenstift) in Vienna; wrote comedies in Latin, among others the homage play "Voluptatis cum virtute disceptatio", 1515 set to music and performed by Jacob Diamond from Vienna. Further work: De Sanctosancta Trinitate, 1519. Literature: M. Dietrich, C. Spiel "Voluptatis cum virtute disceptatio", in: Maske und Kothurn 5, 1959; B. G. Winkler, Die Sonette des B. C. zu A. Dürers Marienleben und ihr Verhältnis zum Marienleben des Kartäusers Philipp, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1960.
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