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Nicolaus von Amsdorf

1483 - 1565

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Nicolaus von Amsdorf (Latin: Nicolaus Amsdorfius, 3 December 1483 – 14 May 1565) was a German Lutheran theologian and an early Protestant reformer. As bishop of Naumburg (1542–1546), he became the first Lutheran bishop in the Holy Roman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolaus von Amsdorf is the 2,646th most popular religious figure (down from 2,474th in 2019), the 4,341st most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,270th in 2019) and the 113th most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nicolaus von Amsdorf ranks 2,646 out of 3,187. Before him are Shlomo ibn Aderet, Eleutherius of Byzantium, Virgílio do Carmo da Silva, Kosmas the Aetolian, Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn, and Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano. After him are Yusuf Estes, Marek Jędraszewski, Al-Wathiq I, Harsiese A, Ulf Ekman, and Bernard Fellay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1483, Nicolaus von Amsdorf ranks 13. Before him are Paolo Giovio, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Felice della Rovere, Gasparo Contarini, Jaime, Duke of Braganza, and Simon Bening.  Among people deceased in 1565, Nicolaus von Amsdorf ranks 15. Before him are Ranuccio Farnese, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Semiz Ali Pasha, Lucia Anguissola, Diego Laynez, and Lope de Rueda.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Nicolaus von Amsdorf ranks 4,343 out of 7,253. Before him are Jaki Liebezeit (1938), Markus Söder (1967), Mechthild of the Palatinate (1419), Fritz Graebner (1877), Paul Mauser (1838), and Walter Braunfels (1882). After him are Karl Allmendinger (1891), Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen (1696), Bill Brandt (1904), Erna Berger (1900), Wilhelm Weinberg (1862), and Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Nicolaus von Amsdorf ranks 113. Before 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). After him are Marianne Cope (1838), Maria Katharina Kasper (1820), Franziskus von Bettinger (1850), Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter (1787), Vladimir Lossky (1903), and Uta Ranke-Heinemann (1927).

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