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Menno Simons
Menno Simons | |
|---|---|
 "Menno Simons from Friesland" 1608 engraving by Christoffel van Sichem | |
| Church | Mennonites |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1496 |
| Died | 31 January 1561 (aged 64 or 65) Wüstenfelde, Duchy of Holstein, Holy Roman Empire |
| Buried | Bad Oldesloe |
| Denomination | Catholic (until 1536), Anabaptist (from 1536) |
| Spouse | Geertruydt Jansdochter |
| Children | Two daughters, one son |
| Profession | Catholic priest (until 1536), Anabaptist minister and author (from 1536) |
Menno Simons (Dutch: [ˈmɛnoː ˈsimɔns]; West Frisian: Minne Simens [ˈmɪnə ˈsimə̃ːs];[1] 1496 – 31 January 1561) was a Roman Catholic priest from the Friesland region of the Low Countries who was excommunicated from the Catholic Church and became an influential Anabaptist religious leader. Simons was a contemporary of the Protestant Reformers and it is from his name that his followers became known as Mennonites.
- ^ Hendrik Twerda, Fan Fryslâns Forline, Bolsward, 1968 (Utjowerij A.J. Osinga), p. 128.
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