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Philip Melanchthon
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1543
Born
Philipp Schwartzerdt

16 February 1497
Bretten, Electoral Palatinate
Died19 April 1560(1560-04-19) (aged 63)
Wittenberg, Electoral Saxony
Alma mater
  • University of Heidelberg
  • University of Tübingen
Theological work
EraReformation
LanguageGerman
Tradition or movementLutheranism
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Philip Melanchthon[a] (born Philipp Schwartzerdt;[b] 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, an intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and influential designer of educational systems.

He stands next to Luther and John Calvin as a reformer, theologian, and shaper of Protestantism.[1]


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