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unusual facts about Protestant reformer



Gabriel Zwilling

Gabriel Zwilling (c. 1487 – 1 May 1558) was a German Lutheran and Protestant Reformer born near Annaberg, Electorate of Saxony.

Psalm 124

In 1524, the psalm was paraphrased in German by the Protestant reformers Justus Jonas and Martin Luther.

Urbanus Rhegius

Urbanus Henricus Rhegius or Urban Rieger (May 1489, Langenargen – 23 May 1541, Celle) was a Protestant Reformer who was active both in Northern and Southern Germany in order to promote Lutheran unity in the Holy Roman Empire.


see also

Alexander Agricola

Johannes Agricola (1494–1566), German Protestant reformer and humanist

Bill Watterson

Later, when Watterson was creating names for the characters in his comic strip, he decided upon Calvin (after the Protestant reformer John Calvin) and Hobbes (after the social philosopher Thomas Hobbes), allegedly as a "tip of the hat" to the political science department at Kenyon.

Cauvin

Gérard Cauvin (died 1531), the father of the Protestant Reformer John Calvin