Márton Kálmáncsehi
Hungarian pastor
About Márton Kálmáncsehi
Lived 1500 – 1557. Márton Kálmáncsehi was a Hungarian reformed pastor.
Márton Kálmáncsehi Sánta, also known as Martin Kálmáncsehi (; Kálmáncsa, 1500 – Debrecen, December 1550), was the first pastor to publicly preach Calvinist ideas in Hungary (in the 1540s). He began his church career as a canon at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Transylvania. He studied the theological works of Philip Melanchthon and Heinrich Bullinger. He succeeded the prominent reformator, Mátyás Dévai Bíró, as the Protestant town pastor of Debrecen in 1551.
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Who was Márton Kálmáncsehi?
Hungarian pastor (1500–1550)
When was Márton Kálmáncsehi born?
Márton Kálmáncsehi was born in 1500 in Kálmáncsa.
When did Márton Kálmáncsehi die?
Márton Kálmáncsehi died on 21 December 1557.
What was Márton Kálmáncsehi's occupation?
Márton Kálmáncsehi was a reformed pastor.
What nationality was Márton Kálmáncsehi?
Márton Kálmáncsehi was Hungarian.
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