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Born 1489 • Gap • France
Died September 13, 1565 (aged 76) • Neuchâtel • Switzerland
Subjects Of Study Protestantism
Role In Reformation

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Bernardino Ochino
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Sebastian Hofmeister
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John Calvin
French theologian
François Lambert
French religious reformer
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
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
Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
Martin Bucer
Protestant religious reformer
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian
Thomas Müntzer
Thomas Müntzer
German religious reformer
John Foxe, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, 1587; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Foxe
English Puritan preacher and author
Latimer, detail of a panel painting by an unknown artist, 1555; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Hugh Latimer
English Protestant
John Oecolampadius
Johann Oecolampadius
German humanist
Schwenckfeld, detail from a portrait by an unknown artist, 1556; in the Schwenkfelder Library, Pennsburg, Pa.
Kaspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig
German theologian
Sebastian Franck
German theologian
Peter Martyr Vermigli
Peter Martyr Vermigli
Italian religious reformer
Wolfgang Fabricius Capito
German religious reformer
Dwight L. Moody
Dwight L. Moody
American evangelist
Vinet, Alexandre-Rodolphe
Alexandre-Rodolphe Vinet
Swiss theologian