Yep, R Meir Sha”tz was one of the foremost Ashkenazic paytanim and the chazzan of Worms, with no known connection to the Ten Tribes, who lived in the middle-end of the 11th century. Real person. Story probably a legend. (R Amnon of Mainz probably didn’t write Unesaneh Tokef, much less under the conditions of the famous story, either, FWIW.)
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