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Martin Luther, German: 10 November 1483
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His family moved to Mansfeld in 1484
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In 1501, at the age of 17, he entered the University of Erfurt
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On 3 April 1507, Jerome Schultz lat.Hieronymus Scultetus, the Bishop of Brandenburg, ordained Luther in Erfurt Cathedral. In 1508, von Staupitz, first dean of the newly founded University of Wittenberg, sent for Luther, to teach theology. He received a bachelor's degree in Biblical studies on 9 March 1508, and another bachelor's degree in the Sentences by Peter Lombard in 1509.
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Katharina von Bora, Luther's wife, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526.
Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, one of 12 nuns he had helped escape from the Nimbschen Cistercian convent in April 1523, -
From 1525 to 1529, he established a supervisory church body, laid down a new form of worship service,
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