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Born c.1545 • Caernarfon • Wales
Died September 10, 1604 • Saint Asaph • Wales
Role In Reformation
William Salesbury
Welsh lexicographer
Thomas Charles
Welsh religious leader
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
English theologian
Theodore Beza
Theodore Beza
French theologian
Rogers, John
John Rogers
English religious reformer
Miles Coverdale
bishop of Exeter
Gudbrandur Thorláksson
Icelandic bishop and scholar
Christiern Pedersen
Danish humanist
Olaus Petri
Olaus Petri
Swedish church leader
Leo Jud, engraving
Leo Jud
Swiss religious reformer
Petri, Laurentius
Laurentius Petri
Swedish archbishop
Giovanni Diodati
Swiss biblical scholar
Ieuan Wyn Jones
Ieuan Wyn Jones
Welsh politician
Vavasor Powell
Welsh preacher
William Williams
British religious leader
Owain Glyn Dŵr
Owain Glyn Dŵr
Welsh hero
Hywel Dda
Hywel Dda
Welsh ruler
Morris-Jones, oil painting by Christopher Williams, 1924; in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Sir John Morris-Jones
Welsh author, scholar, and educator
Rhondda
David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda
Welsh industrialist

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