Paracelsus (Dictionary of World Biography: The Renaissance)
Early Life
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, known to the world as Paracelsus, was born in 1493 in the village of Einsiedeln, Swiss Confederation. He was the only son of a physician, Wilhelm of Hohenheim, who came from a noble Swabian family whose original seat was at Hohenheim, near Stuttgart in northern Germany. Paracelsus’ mother, Els Ochsner, came from a family of peasants living on land belonging to the local Benedictine Abbey, and she worked as a nurse’s aid. Because his illegitimate father had no legal right to the family heritage, Paracelsus was...
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