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Christian feast day: Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach (Lutheran Church).
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Albrecht Dürer
German painter, printmaker and theorist (1471–1528)
Albrecht Dürer, sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lucas Cranach the Elder
German painter and printmaker (1472–1553)
Lucas Cranach the Elder was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German princes and those of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Calendar of saints (Lutheran)
Religious calendar
The Lutheran Church has, from the time of the Reformation, continued the remembrance of saints. The theological basis for this remembrance is understood as being connected to the words of the Epistle to the Hebrews 12:1. The Apology of the Augsburg Confession states that the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)