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Caspar Olevian

1536 - 1587

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Caspar Olevian (or Kaspar Olevianus; 10 August 1536 – 15 March 1587) was a significant German Reformed theologian during the Protestant Reformation and along with Zacharias Ursinus was said to be co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism. That theory of authorship has been questioned by some modern scholarship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Caspar Olevian is the 2,529th most popular religious figure (down from 2,234th in 2019), the 4,089th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,775th in 2019) and the 106th most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Caspar Olevian ranks 2,529 out of 3,187. Before him are Norberto Rivera Carrera, Oscar Cruz, Gondophares, Fiorenzo Angelini, Palladius of Galatia, and Edmund Szoka. After him are John X of Constantinople, Utba ibn Ghazwan, Theudas, Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Sisinnius II of Constantinople, and Joseph Höffner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1536, Caspar Olevian ranks 21. Before him are Marcantonio Memmo, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Juan de Mariana, Juan de Fuca, Konoe Sakihisa, and Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden. After him is Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset. Among people deceased in 1587, Caspar Olevian ranks 14. Before him are Ōmura Sumitada, Ōtomo Sōrin, Hai Rui, John Foxe, Juraj Drašković, and Francisco Hernández de Toledo. After him is Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Caspar Olevian ranks 4,091 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1731), Emmy Hennings (1885), Theodor von Heuglin (1824), Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1824), Albrecht Haushofer (1903), and Albert Bernhard Frank (1839). After him are Heymann Steinthal (1823), Michael Stich (1968), David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (1628), Johann Schreck (1576), Herbert Norkus (1916), and Herluf Bidstrup (1912).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Caspar Olevian ranks 106. Before him are Karl Leisner (1915), Melchior Hoffman (1495), Georg von Kopp (1837), Franz Ehrle (1845), Antje Jackelén (1955), and Rupert Mayer (1876). After him are Joseph Höffner (1906), Carl Tanzler (1877), Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (1682), Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1811), Franz Delitzsch (1813), and Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer (1801).

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