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Proto-Protestants

  • John, King of EnglandJohn was born in England around Christmastide in 1166 or 1167. His father, King Henry II of England, had inherited significant territories along the Atlantic…
  • John WycliffeJohn Wycliffe was born in the village of Hipswell, near Richmond in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England. Records suggest he was born in the mid-1320s…
  • ErasmusDesiderius Erasmus was born in Rotterdam on the 27th or the 28th of October, likely around 1466. His parents could not legally marry because his father…
  • PetrarchFrancesco di Petracco entered the world on the 20th of July 1304 in the Tuscan city of Arezzo. His father Ser Petracco worked as a notary, and his mother was…
  • Girolamo SavonarolaGirolamo Savonarola was born on the 21st of September 1452 in Ferrara to Niccolò di Michele and Elena. His grandfather, Michele Savonarola, was a noted…
  • Lorenzo VallaLorenzo Valla entered the world in Rome around 1407. His father Luciave della Valla worked as a lawyer within the Papal Curia.
  • Giovanni Pico della MirandolaGiovanni Pico della Mirandola entered the world on the 24th of February 1463 within the Castle of Mirandola, a small autonomous county in Emilia near Modena.