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Menno Simons

Menno Simons
"Menno Simons from Friesland"
1608 engraving by Christoffel van Sichem
Christian leader
NameMenno Simons
ChurchMennonites
Personal details
Birth date1496
Birth placeWitmarsum, Friesland, Netherlands
Date of death31 January 1561(age 1561)
Death placeWüsterfelde, Holstein, Germany
BuriedBad Oldesloe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
NationalityDutch
DenominationRoman Catholic (until 1536), Anabaptist Protestant Christian (from 1536)
SpouseGeertruydt Jansdochter
ChildrenTwo daughters, one son
ProfessionCatholic priest

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Menno Simons (1496 � 31 January 1561) was an Anabaptist religious leader from the Friesland region of the Low Countries. Simons was a contemporary of the Protestant Reformers and his followers became known as Mennonites.


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