RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Melchior Hoffman

1495 - 1543

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Melchior Hoffman (or Hofmann c. 1495 – c. 1543) was a German Anabaptist, radical lay preacher and reformer in northern Europe. He began his career as an outspoken proponent of Lutheranism but evolved his own theological voice influenced by late medieval mysticism, Joachimite apocalypticism, and the Anabaptist movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Melchior Hoffman is the 2,419th most popular religious figure (down from 2,025th in 2019), the 3,843rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,375th in 2019) and the 101st most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Melchior Hoffman ranks 2,419 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Pirmin, Guru Har Krishan, Jean-Claude Turcotte, Chlodulf of Metz, John Ribat, and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. After him are Don Alden Adams, Hugh of Champagne, Calgacus, Catald, Giulio Alenio, and Symmachus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1495, Melchior Hoffman ranks 15. Before him are Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, Luigi Alamanni, Giampietrino, Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg, Marcin Bielski, and Nicolas Gombert. After him is Pascual de Andagoya. Among people deceased in 1543, Melchior Hoffman ranks 18. Before him are Francesco Canova da Milano, Sebastian Franck, Francesco Granacci, Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Polidoro da Caravaggio, and Susanna of Bavaria.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Melchior Hoffman ranks 3,845 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615), Hermann Usener (1834), Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine (1456), Willy Busch (1907), Thomas Gottschalk (1950), and Roy Black (1943). After him are Matilda of France (943), Günter Verheugen (1944), Anton Koberger (1440), Heinrich Martin Weber (1842), Holger Meins (1941), and Bernd Lucke (1962).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Melchior Hoffman ranks 101. Before him are Christoph Bernhard von Galen (1606), Conrad of Parzham (1818), Anno II (1010), Johannes Brenz (1499), Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1823), and Karl Leisner (1915). After him are Georg von Kopp (1837), Franz Ehrle (1845), Antje Jackelén (1955), Rupert Mayer (1876), Caspar Olevian (1536), and Joseph Höffner (1906).

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