A Cusanus Ladin Hypothesis

[Helmut Winkler]

The real name of Nicolaus Cusanus was Nikolaus Cryfftz, i.e. Nikolaus Krebs, GER Krebs, EN cancer or crab, he called himself later Treverensis (as a cleric after the diocesei he belonged to, Trier) or Cusanus (after his birthplace) or Nicolaus cardinalis (et episcopus Brixinensis)

EDIT: The coat of arms is a 'sprechendes Wappen', FR armes parlantes, EN:  canting or talking arms, N.C. came from a merchant family, not the nobility, as cardinal he had the rank of a prince and had to take a c of a