European Reformers
Casiodoro de Reina
A short biography of Casiodoro de Reina (c. 1520–1594), monk of San Isidoro del Campo, exile, pastor, and translator of the Bear Bible of 1569, the first complete Spanish Bible from the original languages.
Cipriano de Valera
A short biography of Cipriano de Valera (c. 1531–after 1602), monk of San Isidoro del Campo, exile in England, translator of Calvin’s Institutes, and reviser of the Reina-Valera Bible of 1602.
Guido de Brès
A short biography of Guido de Brès (1522–1567), Reformed pastor of the Low Countries, author of the Belgic Confession, and martyr at Valenciennes.
Hans Tausen
A short biography of Hans Tausen (1494–1561), “the Luther of Denmark,” preacher at Viborg and Copenhagen and bishop of Ribe.
Jan Łaski (John à Lasco)
A short biography of Jan Łaski, or John à Lasco (1499–1560), Polish nobleman, reformer of East Friesland, superintendent of the Strangers’ Church in London, and reformer of Poland.
Olaus and Laurentius Petri
A short account of the brothers Olaus Petri (d. 1552) and Laurentius Petri (1499–1573), Wittenberg-trained reformers of Sweden, translators of the Swedish Bible, and first Lutheran archbishop of Uppsala.
Peter Martyr Vermigli
A short biography of Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499–1562), the Florentine prior who fled the Inquisition and taught Reformed theology at Strasbourg, Oxford, and Zurich.
Primož Trubar
A short biography of Primož Trubar (1508–1586), reformer of Carniola and father of the Slovene written language.
