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Menno Simons

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Also known as: Menno Simonsz, Menno Simonszoon
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Cornelius J. Dyck
Emeritus Professor of Anabaptist and Sixteenth-Century Studies, Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana. Editor of A Legacy of Faith; An Introduction to Mennonite History and others.
Cornelius J. Dyck
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In full:
Menno Simonszoon
Simons also spelled:
Simonsz.
Born:
1496, Witmarsum, Friesland [Netherlands]
Died:
January 31, 1561, near Lübeck, Holstein [Germany] (aged 65)
Founder:
Mennonites
Subjects Of Study:
Anabaptists
baptism
Role In:
Reformation
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Menno Simons (born 1496, Witmarsum, Friesland [Netherlands]—died January 31, 1561, near Lübeck, Holstein [Germany]) was a Dutch priest and an early leader of the peaceful wing of Dutch Anabaptism, whose followers formed the Mennonite church. Little is known about Menno’s early life. He was born into a Dutch peasant family, and his father’s name was Simon. At an early age he was enrolled in a monastic school, possibly at the Franciscan monastery in Bolsward, to prepare for the priesthood. In March 1524, at the age of 28, he was ordained at Utrecht and assigned to the parish at Pingjum, near ...(100 of 950 words)

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