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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Nicolaus Copernicus (Polonice Mikołaj Kopernik[1]; Theodisce Inferiori Medio(en) Niklas Koppernigk[2]; Theodisce Nikolaus Kopernikus ; 1473–1543), origine Torinensis vel Tornaeus ex oppido in Prussia Regali(en), fuit clericus Catholicus, mathematicus, astronomus, et conditor theoriae heliocentricae, quam in Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, sex libris nostra lingua scriptis, Norimbergae anno 1543 promulgavit. Ideo "terrae motor, solis caelique stator" appellatur.[3]
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Nativitas: 19 Februarii 1473; Thorunium
Obitus: 24 Maii 1543; Frauenburgum
Patria: Regnum Poloniae
Nomen nativum: Niklas Koppernigk
Obitus: 24 Maii 1543; Frauenburgum
Patria: Regnum Poloniae
Nomen nativum: Niklas Koppernigk
Familia
Genitores: Mikolaj Kopernik the Elder; Barbara Koppernigk
Memoria
Sepultura: Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew in Frombork
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