Matthäus Zell

Matthäus Zell (also Mathias Zell and Matthew Zell) (21 September 1477 – 9 January 1548) was a Lutheran theologian and reformer based in Strasbourg. His widow was Katharina Zell.

Life

Zell was the son of a wine maker in Kaysersberg. He studied at the Universities of Mainz, Erfurt and Freiburg im Breisgau. His compatriot Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg exerted a strong influence on him.

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