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Menno Simons
Dutch theologian, namesake for the Mennonites (1496–1561)
Menno Simons (Dutch:[ˈmɛnoːˈsimɔns]; West Frisian: Minne Simens[ˈmɪnəˈsimə̃ːs];[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.
Biography
Early life
Menno Simons was born in 1496[2] in Witmarsum, Friesland, Holy Roman Empire.
Very little is known concerning his childhood and family except that he grew up in a poor peasant environment.
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His father's name was Simon, Simons being a patronym, and he had a brother named Pieter.[3]
Simons grew up in a disillusioned war-torn country. Friesland was ravaged by war in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
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