Historical Figure

Sebastian Franck

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Sebastian Franck was a sixteenth century German freethinker, humanist and radical reformer who lived from 1499 to about 1543.

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Nationality

Germany 1

Veneration Status

Historically Significant but Not Venerated 1

Attestation

Historicity

Historically attested 1

Identity

Gender

Male 1

Life

Lifespan or Floruit

1499 to 1543 1

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Source Wikipedia: Sebastian FranckArticle texttier 2

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Originally ordained as a priest, in 1525 Franck went over to the Reformed party at Nuremberg and became preacher at Gustenfelden.

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Wikipedia

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Sebastian Franck was a 16th-century German freethinker, humanist, and radical reformer.
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was a 16th-century German freethinker, humanist, and radical
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Sebastian Franck (20 January 1499 Donauwörth, Swabia, c. 1543 Basel, Switzerland) was a 16th-century German freethinker, humanist, and radical reformer.
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Sebastian Franck (20 January 1499 Donauwörth, Swabia, c. 1543 Basel, Switzerland) was a 16th-century German freethinker, humanist, and radical reformer.
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He entered the University of Ingolstadt on 26 March 1515, and afterwards went to Bethlehem College, incorporated with the university, as an institution of the Dominicans at Heidelberg.

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