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Also Known As Matija Vlačić Ilir
Born March 3, 1520
Died March 11, 1575 (aged 55) • Frankfurt am Main • Germany
Subjects Of Study Christianity • Lutheranism
Role In Reformation
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
German theologian
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Andreas Karlstadt
German religious leader
Johann Agricola
Johann Agricola
German theologian
Chemnitz, Martin
Martin Chemnitz
German theologian
Osiander, Andreas
Andreas Osiander
German theologian
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Gudbrandur Thorláksson
Icelandic bishop and scholar
Nikolaus von Amsdorf, lithograph, 1820, after a 16th-century engraving.
Nikolaus von Amsdorf
German theologian
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Joachim Camerarius
German scholar and theologian
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Johann Lorenz von Mosheim
German theologian
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus, shown in dark robes and cap, writing with a quill at a desk, after Quinten Massijs, oil on panel, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
St. Gregory the Great
St. Gregory the Great
pope
Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman after Peter Paul Rubens showing St. Ignatius of Loyola with a halo, hands clasped in prayer before a crucifix and open book.
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish saint
Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli
Swiss religious leader
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Paul Tillich
American theologian and philosopher
Jan Hus
Jan Hus
Bohemian religious leader
Pope Benedict XVI, wearing white papal robes and a gold cross, raises his right hand in blessing while smiling at a crowd in Rome, Italy.
Benedict XVI
pope