Marcus Fronius

Marcus Fronius (1659 – 14 April 1713) was a Lutheran theologian, pedagogue, and author whose published works covered topics such as theology, metaphysics, and humoral physiology.

[1][2][3][4] Fronius, a Transylvanian Saxon, was born in Neustadt, Siebenbürgen, and studied under the tutelage of Johann Deutschmann and Abraham Calovius, obtaining an M.Th.

from the University of Wittenberg in 1682.

[1] He was also a poet and musician of some note, having composed pieces to accompany the Lutheran Mass; and was said to have had "extraordinary skill in drawing and in the Latin language.

"[2] He died in Kronstadt, Siebenbürgen.

Facsimile of late 17th-century writings on humoral physiology by Marcus Fronius