1483–1546

Introduction

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Portrait by
Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529

Born: No­vem­ber 10, 1483, Eis­le­ben, Ger­ma­ny.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 18, 1546, Eis­le­ben, Ger­ma­ny.

Buried: Schloss­kirche, Wit­ten­berg, Ger­ma­ny.

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Luther be­gan the Pro­test­ant Re­for­ma­tion in 1517, and the Lu­ther­an de­nom­in­ation bears his name to this day. In ad­di­tion to be­ing a re­form­er, he was ac­tive in church mu­sic.

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