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Born c.1498 • Zürich • Switzerland
Died 1526 • Maienfeld • Switzerland
Founder Swiss Brethren
Role In Reformation
Menno Simons, engraving by Christopher van Sichem, 1605–08.
Menno Simons
Dutch priest
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David Joris
Belgian religious leader
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Melchior Hofmann
German mystic
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Balthasar Hubmaier
German Anabaptist leader
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Hans Denck
German religious leader
Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli
Swiss religious leader
Erastus, portrait by Tobias Stimmer, 1582; in the Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switz.
Thomas Erastus
Swiss physician and theologian
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Ludwig Haetzer
Swiss Anabaptist
Heinrich Bullinger
Heinrich Bullinger
Swiss religious reformer
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Sebastian Hofmeister
Swiss religious reformer
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Jean-Henri Merle d’Aubigné
Swiss minister
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Bertold Haller
Swiss religious reformer
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Ami Perrin
Swiss religious leader
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Pierre Viret
Swiss religious reformer
Leo Jud, engraving
Leo Jud
Swiss religious reformer
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Joachim Vadianus
Swiss humanist
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Johannes Stumpf
Swiss theologian
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Giovanni Diodati
Swiss biblical scholar
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian