caption death_date birth_place birth_date alt image article_title name occupation
justus velsius c. 1565 1581 1510 yes the hague , netherlands 1510 yes justus velsius c. 1565 justus velsius.jpg justus velsius
 justus velsius dutch humanist
justus velsius

justus velsius , haganus , or `` joost welsens '' in dutch -lrb- c. 1510 , the hague , low countries -- after 1581 at an unknown location -rrb- , was a dutch humanist , physician , and mathematician .
velsius started his career as a highly respected professor of liberal arts in leuven , strasbourg , and cologne .
later on he portrayed himself as a prophet , and promoted his own particular view of christianity , outlined in a pamphlet `` christiani hominis norma '' which he wrote in london .
he came into conflict with civil and ecclesiastical authorities all over europe , and spent his final years as a preacher and faith healer in his native holland .
while in cologne velsius was married to beatrix van steenhoven , and later on , in groningen , to grete cassens .
