
Menno Simons
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 464 years ago |
Born | Witmarsum |
Netherlands | |
Date of died | January 31,1561 |
Place of burial | Bad Oldesloe, Germany |
Church | Mennonites |
Nationality | Dutch |
German | |
Died | Wustenfelde |
Children | Two daughters, one son |
Buri | Bad Oldesloe |
Date of birth | January 1,1496 |
Denomin | Roman Catholic |
Books | The Anabaptists: Extracts from the Writings of Various Authors |
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Complete Writings of Menno Simons | |
Menno Simon: The Complete Works | |
Spous | Geertruydt Jansdochter |
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ID | 780269 |
Menno Simons Life story
Menno Simons was a Roman Catholic priest from the Friesland region of the Low Countries who was excommunicated from the Catholic Church and became an influential Anabaptist religious leader. Simons was a contemporary of the Protestant Reformers and it is from his name that his followers became known as Mennonites.