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          Menno Simons

          Dutch theologian, namesake for the Mennonites (1496–1561)

          Menno Simons (Dutch:[ˈmɛnoːˈsimɔns]; West Frisian: Minne Simens[ˈmɪnəˈsimə̃ːs];[1] 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.

          Biography

          Early life

          Menno Simons was born in 1496[2] in Witmarsum, Friesland, Holy Roman Empire.

          Very little is known concerning his childhood and family except that he grew up in a poor peasant environment.

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          6. His father's name was Simon, Simons being a patronym, and he had a brother named Pieter.[3]

          Simons grew up in a disillusioned war-torn country. Friesland was ravaged by war in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.

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