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'Johannes Aventinus' (July 4 1477–January 9 1534), was a Bavarian historian and philologist. His real name was ''Johann Georg Turmair'', and "Aventinus" is a latinization of his birthplace, Abensberg. He was in communication with Philipp Melanchthon and Martin Luther. Ludwig I of Bavaria had Aventinus' bust erected in the Walhalla temple.
There is a German wheat beer named after him, made by G. Schneider & Son.