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Also Known As Johann Tezel
Born c.1465 • Germany
Died August 11, 1519 • Leipzig • Germany
Subjects Of Study indulgence

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Albert of Brandenburg, engraving by Albrecht Dürer, 1523
Albert
German cardinal, margrave of Brandenburg, and elector of Mainz
St. Albertus Magnus
St. Albertus Magnus
German theologian, scientist, and philosopher
Meister Eckhart
German theologian and mystic
Heinrich Suso
German mystic
Johann Tauler
German mystic
Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman
Oskar Minkowski
German physiologist
Marcel Schlumberger
German geophysicist
Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher
Friedrich William Heinrich Benda
German musician
Barthel Beham
German engraver
Bernard II
German duke
August Boeckh
German scholar
Johann Heinrich Alsted
German logician
Johann Georg Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf
German publisher [1796–1863]
Pina Bausch
German ballet dancer and choreographer
Johann Georg Cotta
German publisher [1631–1692]
Johann Christoph Blumhardt
German theologian
Joseph Weizenbaum
American computer scientist
Christoph von Dohnányi
German conductor