Johannes Leisentritt

Johannes Leisentritt, also Johann Leisentrit (May 1527 – 24 November 1586) was a Catholic priest, dean of St. Peter in Bautzen and administrator of the Diocese of Meißen, responsible for Lusatia.

Born in Olmütz to a family of craftsmen, Leisentritt studied theology in Krakau and was consecrated as a priest in March 1549.

[2] Bishop John IX of Haugwitz made him the Generalkommissar der Ober- und Niederlausitz, responsible for Lusatia, for both Catholics and Protestants.

[3] Leisentritt is known for the publication of the 1567 hymnal Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen der Alten Apostolischer recht und warglaubiger Christlicher Kirchen (Spiritual songs and psalms of the old apostolic true believers of Christian churches).

It is regarded as a substantial hymnal of the Counter Reformation, containing 250 hymns with 181 melodies.