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Klemme, Pankratius
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(c. 1475, Hirschberg in Silesia – Sep 20/21, 1546, Gdańsk [Danzig]). After entering the Dominican monastery in Gdańsk, Klemme worked at the Johanneskirche from 1498, first as cantor and then, after returning from studies in southern Germany, where he was won over to the Reformation, as preacher from 1526. In the fall of 1529, he continued his preaching at St. Marien, where, in 1536, the council established an independent pastorate for him alongside the still Catholic pastorate. In this office, he became the covert reformer of Gdańsk before the Reformation could als…

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Hauptmann, Peter, “Klemme, Pankratius”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_11867>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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