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Pistoris, Modestinus, 1516-1565

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Personal name headingPistoris, Modestinus, 1516-1565
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Variant(s)Becker, Modestinus, 1516-1565
Pistor, Modestinus, 1516-1565
Found inHis Dn. Modestini Pistoris in Seuselitz, icti. Quaestionum juris tùm communis tùm Saxonici pars prima[-tertia], 1599-1600.
Allg. deut. Biogr. (Pistoris, Modestinus, b. 12-9-1516, d. 9-15-1565) under his father, Simon (the family was originally Becker or Bäcker but Latinized its name in the Humanist period, as was the fashion, to Pistor, calling itself "Pistoris" (scilicet, "Pistoris filius, seu nepos" (i.e. "Pistor's descendants")))