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Born September 21, 1477 • France
Died January 9, 1548 (aged 70) • Strasbourg • France
Subjects Of Study Lutheranism
Role In Reformation
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
German theologian
Andreas Karlstadt
German religious leader
Agricola, Johann
Johann Agricola
German theologian
Georg Spalatin
Bavarian humanist
Chemnitz, Martin
Martin Chemnitz
German theologian
Osiander, Andreas
Andreas Osiander
German theologian
Wolfgang Fabricius Capito
German religious reformer
Franz von Sickingen
Franz von Sickingen
German knight
Nikolaus von Amsdorf, lithograph, 1820, after a 16th-century engraving.
Nikolaus von Amsdorf
German theologian
Joachim Camerarius
German scholar and theologian
Justus Jonas
German religious reformer
Johannes Brenz
German clergyman
Gustav I Vasa
Gustav I Vasa
king of Sweden
Hans Tausen
Danish religious reformer
Matthias Flacius Illyricus
European religious reformer
Gudbrandur Thorláksson
Icelandic bishop and scholar
Christiern Pedersen
Danish humanist
Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman
Paul Tillich
American theologian and philosopher