Menno Simons
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Menno Simons 🇳🇱

Menno Simons (Known as "Menno")
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Born c. 1496 🇳🇱 Witmarsum, Lordship of Friesland
Passed Away Jan 31, 1561 Wüstenfelde, Duchy of Holstein
Lifespan 65 years old
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Archival Overview

Former Catholic priest who revitalized and unified the peaceful Anabaptist movement, teaching adult believer's baptism, radical non-violence, and giving his name to the Mennonites.

Biographical Record

Menno Simons (c. 1496–1561 CE) renounced the priesthood in Friesland in 1536 after studying the New Testament, rejecting both Catholic sacraments and violent revolutionary Anabaptism.

With a price on his head throughout the Holy Roman Empire, he traveled secretly for twenty-five years, organizing underground peaceful communities dedicated to non-resistance, mutual aid, and discipleship.

Key Life Milestones

1536

Renunciation of the Roman Catholic Priesthood

Publicly abandoned his parish in Witmarsum, taking up an underground pastoral ministry across Northern Europe.

1539

Publication of the Foundation Book (Dat Fundament)

Authored 'Dat Fundament des Christelycken leers', codifying peaceful Anabaptist theology and believer's baptism.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Mennonite Cemetery of Wüstenfelde
Bad Oldesloe, Germany
GPS: 53.8100, 10.3700
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