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Zacharias Ursinus

German theologian

Died when: 48 years 292 days (585 months)
Star Sign: Cancer

 

Zacharias Ursinus

Zacharias Ursinus (18 July 1534 – 6 May 1583) was a sixteenth-century German Reformed theologian and Protestant reformer, born Zacharias Baer in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland).

He became the leading theologian of the Reformed Protestant movement of the Palatinate, serving both at the University of Heidelberg and the College of Wisdom (Collegium Sapientiae).

He is best known as the principal author and interpreter of the Heidelberg Catechism.


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