Historical character probably born in Knittlingen, Swabia, Germany, who in his wandering life lived in several German cities and that left the legend of having had the help of the devil to acquire their knowledge. He went to study magic in Krakow, the land where John Paul II lived, taught and was archbishop, where he lectured at which many people allowed themselves to be deceived and several prominent families welcomed him and some trusted him with the education of the sons.
There he would have died and then, numerous legends were emerging around various Fausts, until the first collection of legends attributed to the character appeared in Johann Spiess's Historie von Doktor Johann Fausten (1587), where he presented with a brilliant sense of humor and creativity, a compilation of everything that was believed and said about him, including his encounter with the demon Mephistopheles, who through a pact granted him power and wisdom.
This book popularized and immortalized the legend in Western art to such an extent that it soon became plays, poetry, novels, and ultimately Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's immortal poetic tragedy. Books on Faust followed one another and spread throughout Europe, as in Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus (1604), the Spanish play El Magico prodigious (1637), by Calderón de la Barca, the musical La Damnation de Faust (1846), by Hector Berlioz, and the opera Faust (1859) by Charles Gounod, a free adaptation of the text of Goethe. Schumann, Liszt, Gounod, Wagner, and many others also put him to music.
Source: http://www.dec.ufcg.edu.br/biografias/
Order F - Biography - Brazil School
Source: Brazil School - https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/biografia/fausto-ou-johann-fausten.htm
