About Wigand Wirt
Lived 1460 – 1519 (aged 58–59). Wigand Wirt was a writer, monk and theologian.
Wigand Wirt (1460 – June 30, 1519) born at Frankfurt, was a German theologian best known for his polemic writings attacking the Catholic doctrine of the immaculate Conception. In 1506, the Archbishop of Mainz forbade the reading of certain of Wirt's works, and in 1512, the Vatican officially decided against him. He was elected as prior of a convent in Stuttgart in 1506, and was a prior in Steyer at the time of his death.
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Who was Wigand Wirt?
Polemic writer attacking the Catholic doctrine
When was Wigand Wirt born?
Wigand Wirt was born in 1460.
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Wigand Wirt died in 1519.
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Wigand Wirt was a writer, monk and theologian.
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