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Johann von ViktringJohann of Viktring, probably b. in Lorraine, around 1270, d. between July 30, 1345 and Oct. 31, 1347, Cistercian, from 1312 Abbot of Viktring (Carinthia), 1330-1335 curate (secretary) to Duke Henry VI of Carinthia and the Tyrol, 1335-1342 at the Habsburg Court. Dedicated his major work "Liber certarum historiarum", which he started in 1340/41 and finished in 1343 (4 editions, the last one called "Anonymus Leobiensis") to Albrecht II. One "Chronicon Carinthiae" is missing and the "Cronica Romanorum" is only a draft. Literature: F. Schneider, in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptorum, rer. Germ. 36, 2 vols., 1909/1910; U. Bassi, Studien zur Geschichtsschreibung J. v. V., 1997; NDB.
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