Sebastian Hofmeister

Sebastian Hofmeister (born 1476, Schaffhausen, Switzerland—died June 26, 1533, Zofingen) was a Swiss religious Reformer who was a prominent figure in the debates of the early Reformation. Hofmeister entered the Franciscan order at Schaffhausen, and he then studied for several years in Paris, where he received a doctorate in theology (1519). In 1520 he was sent as a lecturer to Zürich and later the same year to Constance. Influenced by the Swiss Protestant Reformer Huldrych...