Johann Albrecht Adelgrief

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Johann Albrecht Adelgrief (died 11 October 1636) was an alleged German prophet, born in the environs of the Hanseatic Prussian city ofElbing, (now Elbląg). He was the son of a Protestant minister, and well skilled in the ancient languages.

Adelgrief proclaimed that seven angels had come down from heaven and had given him the commission to banish evil from the world, and to scourge the monarchs with rods of iron. He was arrested at Königsberg, accused of witchcraft, and condemned to death with all his writings suppressed.

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