April, Easter Sunday, 1556 A.D. An obscure Reformation hero, Conrad Pelican, passes on Easter Sunday, 1556.
April, Easter Sunday, 1556 A.D. An obscure Reformation hero, Conrad Pelican, passes on Easter Sunday, 1556. H/t to Mr. Andy Underhile for the blog-note. http://andycontramundum.blogspot.com/2011/09/obscure-heroes-of-reformation-pelican.html Obscure Heroes of the Reformation - Conrad 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 Luther’s books, and through consulting w...