Menno Simons

Pastor, Author

1496 – 1561

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Who was Menno Simons?

Menno Simons 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. "Menno Simons" is the Dutch version of his name; the Frisian version is Minne Simens, the possessive "s" creating a patronym meaning "Minne, son of Simen".

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Born
1496
Witmarsum, Friesland
Religion
  • Anabaptist
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • Netherlands
  • Germany
Profession
Lived in
  • Friesland
Died
Jan 31, 1561

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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