page_title: Johannes Gigas
hierarchical_section_title: Johannes Gigas
caption_attribution_description: Johannes Gigas, auch Heune, Hüne (1514-1581) deutscher evangelischer Theologe, Kirchenlieddichter, Humanist, Pädagoge und Reformator
context_page_description: Johannes Gigas was a German Protestant theologian, hymn writer, educator and Reformer. Gigas was born in Nordhausen, Thuringia and died in Schweidnitz.
  The libretto of Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114, a chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, was based on "Ach lieben Christen seid getrost", a hymn text by Gigas.
context_section_description: Johannes Gigas (22 February 1514 — 12 July 1581) was a German Protestant theologian, hymn writer, educator and Reformer. Gigas was born in Nordhausen, Thuringia and died in Schweidnitz (now Świdnica, Silesia, Poland).
  The libretto of Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114, a chorale cantata by  Johann Sebastian Bach, was based on "Ach lieben Christen seid getrost", a hymn text by Gigas.
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