Johannes Bugenhagen

Johannes Bugenhagen (24 June 1485 in Wollin, Pomerania—20 April 1558 in Wittenberg, Saxony), also called Doktor Pomeranus, introduced the Protestant Reformation in Pomerania and Denmark in the 16th century.

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Bugenhagen was born in Eastern Pomerania in 1485. After his studies at the University of Greifswald, and his ordination as a priest, he held several posts as a religious preacher.

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In 1517, Duke Bogislav X. of Pomerania ordered Dr. Johannes Bugenhagen, who was a lecturer in a monastery at the time, to write down the history of the province called "Pomerania" in Latin. The year 1518 is the beginning of historical writing of the combined territory Pomerania.

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