Menno Simons (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 Witmarsum, Friesland, Holy Roman Empire
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31 January 1561 (aged 64) Wüstenfelde, Duchy of Holstein, Holy Roman Empire
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