Biography of Ulrich Zwingli


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Zwingle, or Zwingli, Ulrich. Born in 1484. Swiss reformer. Served in Italy as a soldier. Visited Erasmus at Basel in 1514 and two years later, at the monastery of Einsiedeln, Zwingli began to preach freely. In 1518, he was appointed to the cathedral at Zurich, having previously opposed the sale of indulgences by Sansom. Attempts were made to prohibit his preaching, but the reformation grew at Zurich. In 1529, Zwingli met Luther and Melanchthon at Marburg, but two years later he fell in the Battle of Kappel in the war with Berne, 1531.