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September 1499 A.D. Pietro
“Peter Martyr” Vermigli Born—Italian Reformer, Aide to Thomas Cranmer, Shaper
of Book of Common Prayer, Hebrew
Scholar, and Professor at Oxford and Zurich
Pietro 'Peter Martyr' Vermigli (1500 to 1562)
Protestant
Dangerous Acquaintances.
Peter Martyr (Pietro Vermigli, not to be confused
with the more famous Dominican saint of the same nickname who was assassinated
in 1252) was born in Florence, Italy. He joined the Augustinians at age 16 and
headed the order by age 41. His later acquaintance with Valdes, Zwingli and
Bucer brought him accusations of heresy. Vermigli feld from Catholic controlled
territory to Protestant Switzerland in 1542. Five years later, at Cranmer's invitation,
he went to England. Here he was professor of divinity at Oxford and took part
in the preparation of the Book of Common Prayer. After Mary Tudor ascended the
throne, restoring Roman Catholicism as the religion of England, Vermigli fled
persecution to Strassburg, Germany. In 1556 he became professor of Hebrew at
Zurich, a position he held until his death in 1562.
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