Paul Wiener
Head of the Transylvanian Saxons' Evangelical Church
About Paul Wiener
Lived 1495 – 1554 (aged 58–59). Paul Wiener was a German lutheran pastor, bishop and protestant reformer.
Paul Wiener was the first superintendent, or head, of the Transylvanian Saxons' Evangelical Church (in the Kingdom of Hungary) from 1553 to 1556. He started his career as a canon at the Catholic Ljubljana Cathedral, but he became an ardent supporter of Martin Luther's theology. In 1547, he was arrested. After he refused to reject his Evangelical views, he was exiled from Carniola.
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Who was Paul Wiener?
head of the Transylvanian Saxons' Evangelical Church
When was Paul Wiener born?
Paul Wiener was born in 1495 in Kranj.
When did Paul Wiener die?
Paul Wiener died on 16 August 1554 in Sibiu.
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Paul Wiener was a lutheran pastor, bishop and protestant reformer.
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Paul Wiener was German.
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