Menno Simons
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- Born
- 1496
- Died
- 31 January 1561
- Works
- 59
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- Fvndamentvm
- Predigten über höchst wichtige Gegenstände des Christenthums
- Onderzoek naar het kenmerkend beginsel der Nederlandsche Doopsgezinden
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5 total works indexed
- Functional rafts in cell membranes
· 1997 · cited 8,325x
- Genome sequencing in microfabricated high-density picolitre reactors
· 2005 · cited 6,074x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,459x
- Lipid rafts and signal transduction
· 2000 · cited 5,181x
- The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,663x
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Key facts
- Church
- Mennonites
- Born
- 1496, Witmarsum , Friesland , Holy Roman Empire
- Died
- ( 1561-01-31 ) 31 January 1561 (aged 64 or 65), Wüstenfelde , Duchy of Holstein , Holy Roman Empire
- Buried
- Bad Oldesloe
- Denomination
- Catholic (until 1536), Anabaptist (from 1536)
- Spouse
- Geertruydt Jansdochter
- Children
- Two daughters, one son
- Profession
- Catholic priest (until 1536), Anabaptist minister and author (from 1536)
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1496
- Died
- 31 January 1561
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Seventeen Provinces
- Place of birth
- Witmarsum
- Place of death
- Bad Oldesloe
- Occupation
- Anabaptism
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Anabaptism
- Image
- Meno simonis.jpg
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Menno Simons ( Dutch: [ˈmɛnoː ˈsimɔns]; West Frisian: Minne Simens [ˈmɪnə ˈsimə̃ːs]; 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.
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1496 births1561 deaths16th-century Anabaptist ministers16th-century Christian mystics16th-century Protestant theologiansChristian humanistsChristian radicalsDutch Christian pacifistsDutch MennonitesDutch Protestant ministers and clergyDutch Protestant theologiansFounders of Christian new religious movements