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Nicolaus von Amsdorf

Nikolaus von Amsdorf, 1558 etching by Peter Gottlandt
Statue of Nicolaus von Amsdorf, Schlosskirche, Wittenberg
Plaque to Nicolaus von Amsdorf, quadrangle, Wittenberg University

Nicolaus von Amsdorf (Latin: Nicolaus Amsdorfius, 3 December 1483 – 14 May 1565) was a German Lutheran theologian and an early Protestant reformer. As bishop of Naumburg (1542–1546), he became the first Lutheran bishop in the Holy Roman Empire.


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