| Surname | Willi | ||
| First Name | Daniel | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Place of birth | Chur | ||
| Place of death | Chur | ||
| Year of birth | 1696 | ||
| Year of death | 1755 | ||
| Profession | Pastor | ||
| Religion | Protestant | ||
| Place(s) of activity | Maladers (GR), Thusis, Parpan, Chur | ||
| Century | 18 | ||
| Biographical information | Son of Johann Simeon (a city architect) and Maria Mathis. In 1723 he married Anna Bavier, daughter of Johann Ulrich. He studied theology and was ordained in 1720. Subsequently, he was a pastor in Maladers (1722—23); Thusis (1723—33); and Chur (1742—55). In 1729 he had founded an orphanage in Thusis; while during the years 1733—42 he had distanced himself from the church. As such, he became a prominent representative of pietism in the Three Federations and an advocate of ecclesiastical separatism. | ||
| Title | (a) Diarium. (a) Traum- und Correspondenzbuch | ||
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| Period writen | From 1721 to 1744 | ||
| Period covered | From 1721 to1744 | ||
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| Physical description | About 1300 pages |
| Content |
Notebook comprised of diary, dream and correspondence. There are also numerous self-reflections of a religious nature. In form it is both diaristic and autobiographical. |
| Place of deposit | ZBZ |
| Classification | S 369 |
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| Secondary litterature |
B. Hartmann, Daniel Willi und die Anfänge des Pietismus in Graubünden. In: Aus fünf Jahrhunderten schweizerischer Kirchengeschichte. Zum sechzigsten Geburtstag von Paul Wernle. Basel 1932. |
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| Author | Basel |
