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6 March 1556 A.D.   Konrad Pelican Dies—German Reformer, Theologian, & Hebraist Underhile, Andy.   “Obscure Heroes of the Reformation—Pelican.”   Contra Mundum.   21 Sept 2011.   http://andycontramundum.blogspot.com/2011/09/obscure-heroes-of-reformation-pelican.html .   Accessed 17 Jul 2014. Obscure Heroes of the Reformation - Pelican Conrad Pelican was born in Rouffach, in the German province of Alsace in the years 1478. He was schooled at home until he was 13 when his parents sent him to Heidelberg. After a year and four months of study he returned home and entered a monastery. He later, however, returned to Heidelberg and then moved to Tubingen where his studied liberal arts. He also studied Scholastic theology and Hebrew. At Basel he was made Doctor of Divinity. The Pope, impressed with his learning sent a legate to bring him to Rome. On the way there, Pelican became very ill and returned to Basel. While there, he came across some of...

6 March 1556 A.D.   Konrad Pelican Dies—German Reformer, Theologian, & Hebraist Wiki-offering. Konrad Pellikan ( German : Conrad Kürsner ; Latin : Conradus Pellicanus ; sometimes anglicized as Conrad Pellican ; January 8, 1478, Rouffach in Alsace – May 6, 1556, Zurich ) was a German Protestant theologian , humanist , and Christian Hebraist who worked chiefly in Switzerland . Contents   1 Life 2 Works 3 Further reading 4 External links 5 References Life His German name, "Kurscherer", was changed to "Pellicanus" by his mother's brother Jodocus Gallus , an ecclesiastic connected with the University of Heidelberg , who supported his nephew for sixteen months at the university in 1491-1492. On returning to Rouffach , he taught gratis in the Franciscan convent school that he might borrow books from the library, and in his sixteenth year resolved to become a friar . This step helped his studies, for he was sent to Tübingen in...