Born: Cir­ca 1620, Schle­sien (Si­le­sia).

Died: Cir­ca 1682, Ohl­au, Schle­sien.

Janus served as pre­cent­or of two church­es in So­rau, Si­le­sia; rec­tor at the Evan­gel­ic­al School in Sa­gan (1653); and pas­tor near Eck­ers­dorf Gate (1664). He was expelled by Imperial Edict of March 13, 1668, which drove all evangelical pas­tors and teach­ers from the principality; it is said Janus be­came precentor at Ohlau at this time.

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Hymns

  1. Jesu meiner Seelen Wonne
  2. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

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