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Also Known As Oeconomus
Born 1476 • Schaffhausen • Switzerland
Died June 26, 1533 (aged 57) • Switzerland
Role In Reformation
Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli
Swiss religious leader
Leo Jud, engraving
Leo Jud
Swiss religious reformer
Joachim Vadianus
Swiss humanist
Johannes Stumpf
Swiss theologian
Guillaume Farel.
Guillaume Farel
French religious leader
John Oecolampadius
Johann Oecolampadius
German humanist
Erastus, portrait by Tobias Stimmer, 1582; in the Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switz.
Thomas Erastus
Swiss physician and theologian
Heinrich Bullinger
Heinrich Bullinger
Swiss religious reformer
Bertold Haller
Swiss religious reformer
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
John Knox, engraving from Icones, by T. Beza, 1580.
John Knox
Scottish religious leader
Latimer, detail of a panel painting by an unknown artist, 1555; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Hugh Latimer
English Protestant
Ochino, Bernardino
Bernardino Ochino
Italian religious reformer
Karl Barth
Karl Barth
Swiss theologian
Ferdinand Keller
Swiss archaeologist and prehistorian
Johannes von Müller
Swiss historian
Stefano Franscini
Swiss statesman
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Swiss engineer and army officer
Jakob Stämpfli
Swiss politician
Vinet, Alexandre-Rodolphe
Alexandre-Rodolphe Vinet
Swiss theologian