Germain de Brie

Germain de Brie ( * 1490 in Auxerre, † 1538 in Paris; Latinized spelling Germanus Brixius ) was a French humanist.

Germain de Brie was a college friend of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim. Brie was a friend from 1508 students of John Laskaris and his life with Erasmus of Rotterdam. He was secretary of the Bishop of Albi, Lois de Amboise and then in 1512 by Queen Anne de Bretagne. Between 1517 and 1520 he had a literary controversy with Sir Thomas More. Germain de Brie was later Archdeacon of Albi.

Works and editions

  • Chordigerae navis conflagratio. Paris 1513
  • Anti Morus. Paris 1519
  • Epitaphs for Erasmus ( entst.1536 ) in Catalogi duo operum Desiderii Erasmi. Basel 1537
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