Menno Simons: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As Menno Simonszoon • Menno Simonsz
Born 1496 • Netherlands
Died January 31, 1561 (aged 65) • near Lübeck • Germany
Founder Mennonites
Subjects Of Study Anabaptists • baptism
Role In Reformation

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David Joris
Belgian religious leader
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Melchior Hofmann
German mystic
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Konrad Grebel
Swiss religious leader
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Balthasar Hubmaier
German Anabaptist leader
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Hans Denck
German religious leader
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII
king of England
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
archbishop of Canterbury
John Knox, engraving from Icones, by T. Beza, 1580.
John Knox
Scottish religious leader
Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli
Swiss religious leader
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
German theologian
John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
English theologian
Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
Martin Bucer
Protestant religious reformer
Portrait painting by Hans Holbein the Younger of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, seated at a desk holding a paper, wearing dark robes and a black cap.
Thomas Cromwell
English statesman
Thomas Müntzer
Thomas Müntzer
German religious reformer
Gustav I Vasa
Gustav I Vasa
king of Sweden
John Napier
John Napier
Scottish mathematician
Michael Servetus
Michael Servetus
Spanish theologian
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Andreas Karlstadt
German religious leader