Georg Rörer

Deceased Person

1492 – 1557

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Who was Georg Rörer?

Georg Rörer was a Lutheran reformer and pastor from Bavaria. He was one of the first clergymen ordained by Martin Luther himself in 1525. His office was deacon. He assisted in Luther's work of translating the Bible and served as Luther's secretary beginning in 1537. In this capacity Rörer became one of the editors of Luther's Tischreden or "table talk" as well as a collected edition of Luther's works. He moved to Copenhagen in 1551 and to Halle in 1553.

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Born
Oct 1, 1492
Deggendorf
Also known as
  • Georg Rorer
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
Apr 24, 1557
Jena

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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