Michael Radau

{{short description|Prussian priest, Jesuit and theologian (1617–1697)}}

Michael Radau (1617–1687) was a Prussian priest, Jesuit and theologian.{{Cite book|last=Krzyżanowski|first=Julian|url=|title=Mądrej głowie dość dwie słowie: Trzy wieki przysłów polskich|date=1958|publisher=Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy|isbn=|location=|pages=435–437|language=pl|trans-title=Word to the Wise: Three centuries of Polish proverbs}} He was a professor of rhetoric in the Braniewo collegium around 1641. Later he resided in Königsberg (around 1654 to 1675).{{cite book|author1=Wolfgang Adam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spvoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1178|title=Handbuch kultureller Zentren der Frühen Neuzeit: Städte und Residenzen im alten deutschen Sprachraum|author2=Siegrid Westphal|date=6 December 2012|publisher=De Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-029555-9|pages=1178–}}

Works

He is known for his Orator extemporeneus (1672).

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Category:1617 births

Category:1687 deaths

Category:17th-century German Jesuits

Category:German male writers

Category:Clergy from Königsberg

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