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Caspar Schwenckfeld

1490 - 1561

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Caspar (or Kaspar) Schwen(c)kfeld von Ossig () (1489 or 1490 – 10 December 1561) was a German theologian, writer, physician, naturalist, and preacher who became a Protestant Reformer and spiritualist. He was one of the earliest promoters of the Protestant Reformation in Silesia. Schwenckfeld came to Reformation principles through Thomas Müntzer and Andreas Karlstadt. However, he developed his own principles and fell out with Martin Luther over the eucharistic controversy (1524). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Caspar Schwenckfeld is the 1,911th most popular religious figure (down from 1,695th in 2019), the 589th most popular biography from Poland (down from 577th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Caspar Schwenckfeld ranks 1,911 out of 3,187. Before her are Abraham a Sancta Clara, Peter of Vaux-de-Cernay, Antonio Bacci, Willigis, Dagobert of Pisa, and Stephen Langton. After her are Thomas Byles, Raymond Franz, Crescenzio Sepe, Diego Laynez, Sobekemsaf II, and António Marto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1490, Caspar Schwenckfeld ranks 20. Before her are Françoise d'Alençon, Galvarino, Nikola Jurišić, Marinus van Reymerswaele, John Taverner, and John III, Duke of Cleves. After her are Mohammed al-Shaykh, Juan Boscán Almogáver, Adriaen Isenbrandt, Luca Ghini, and Claudin de Sermisy. Among people deceased in 1561, Caspar Schwenckfeld ranks 15. Before her are Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Bairam Khan, Claude Garamond, Jan Tarnowski, Alonso Berruguete, and Luis de Milán. After her are Hans Tausen, Catherine of Mecklenburg, Yamamoto Kansuke, Saitō Yoshitatsu, Mother Shipton, and Simon Bening.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Caspar Schwenckfeld ranks 589 out of 1,694. Before her are Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909), Nahum Sokolow (1859), Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania (1318), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), Ignacy Krasicki (1735), and Władysław Bartoszewski (1922). After her are Klaus Roth (1925), Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann (1818), Otto Freundlich (1878), Louis Marcoussis (1878), Jan Tomaszewski (1948), and Michał Kazimierz Ogiński (1729).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Caspar Schwenckfeld ranks 24. Before her are Hyacinth of Poland (1185), Wolf Messing (1899), Stanisława Leszczyńska (1896), Emil Krebs (1867), John Albert Vasa (1612), and Andrew Bobola (1591). After her are Moses Isserles (1520), Kazimierz Nycz (1950), Stanislaus Hosius (1504), Jan Sarkander (1576), Jan Łaski (1499), and Józef Glemp (1929).

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