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Ambrosius Blarer
1492Apr, 4

Ambrosius Blarer

Ambrosius Blarer, German-Swiss theologian and reformer (d. 1564)
Ambrosius Blarer (sometimes Ambrosius Blaurer; April 4, 1492 – December 6, 1564) was an influential Protestant reformer in southern Germany and north-eastern Switzerland.

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