Matthäus Zell

Matthäus Zell (also Mathias Zell; anglicized as Matthew Zell) (21 September 1477, in Kaysersberg – 9 January 1548, in Strasbourg) was a Alsatian Lutheran pastor and an early Protestant reformer based in Strasbourg. He joined the Reformation as early as 1521. His compatriot Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg exerted a strong influence on him.

After graduation, he taught for a time before taking over the pastorate of St Lawrence’s Chapel at Strasbourg Cathedral in 1518. Zell continued to preach and write until his death. He was buried at the cemetery of St Urban.

Ein Collation auff die einfierung M. Anthonij, 1523; Christian Responsibility, 1523; Appellatio, 1524; Frag u. Antwort uff die Artickel d. Christl. glaubens, 1535; Abridged Fragbuechlin, 1537