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Born 1511 • Switzerland
Died May 4, 1571 (aged 60) • France
Role In Reformation
Jean-Henri Merle d’Aubigné
Swiss minister
Ami Perrin
Swiss religious leader
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
archbishop of Canterbury
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
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
Erastus, portrait by Tobias Stimmer, 1582; in the Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switz.
Thomas Erastus
Swiss physician and theologian
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
Ochino, Bernardino
Bernardino Ochino
Italian religious reformer
Peter Martyr Vermigli
Peter Martyr Vermigli
Italian religious reformer
Frédéric-César de La Harpe
Swiss politician
Wolfgang Fabricius Capito
German religious reformer
Heinrich Bullinger
Heinrich Bullinger
Swiss religious reformer
François Lambert
French religious reformer
Konrad Grebel
Swiss religious leader
Sebastian Hofmeister
Swiss religious reformer