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Also Known As Giacomo Aconzio • Giacomo Aconcio
Born September 7, 1492 • Italy
Died 1566? • England
Subjects Of Study religious toleration
Role In Reformation
Ochino, Bernardino
Bernardino Ochino
Italian religious reformer
Peter Martyr Vermigli
Peter Martyr Vermigli
Italian religious reformer
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
archbishop of Canterbury
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman
Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
Martin Bucer
Protestant religious reformer
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
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
Guillaume Farel.
Guillaume Farel
French religious leader
Wolfgang Fabricius Capito
German religious reformer
François Lambert
French religious reformer
Joachim II, detail from an oil painting by Lucas Cranach the Younger, c. 1570; in Monbijou Palace, Berlin
Joachim II Hektor
elector of Brandenburg
Pietro Carnesecchi
Italian humanist and religious reformer
Jean-Henri Merle d’Aubigné
Swiss minister
Pietro Paulo Vergerio
Italian bishop
George Wishart
George Wishart
Scottish religious reformer
Ami Perrin
Swiss religious leader
Pierre Viret
Swiss religious reformer