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Born 1485 • Germany
Died March 10, 1528 (aged 43) • Vienna • Austria
Role In Reformation
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Melchior Hofmann
German mystic
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Hans Denck
German religious leader
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
German theologian
Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
Martin Bucer
Protestant religious reformer
Thomas Müntzer
Thomas Müntzer
German religious reformer
Menno Simons, engraving by Christopher van Sichem, 1605–08.
Menno Simons
Dutch priest
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Andreas Karlstadt
German religious leader
John Oecolampadius
Johann Oecolampadius
German humanist
Schwenckfeld, detail from a portrait by an unknown artist, 1556; in the Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pa.
Kaspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig
German theologian
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David Joris
Belgian religious leader
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Sebastian Franck
German theologian
Johann Agricola
Johann Agricola
German theologian
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Georg Spalatin
Bavarian humanist
Chemnitz, Martin
Martin Chemnitz
German theologian
Osiander, Andreas
Andreas Osiander
German theologian
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Wolfgang Fabricius Capito
German religious reformer
Franz von Sickingen
Franz von Sickingen
German knight
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Johannes Janssen
German historian
Nikolaus von Amsdorf, lithograph, 1820, after a 16th-century engraving.
Nikolaus von Amsdorf
German theologian