Dr andreas osiander biography

German Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer

"Osiander" redirects here. For Andreas' family, see Osiander family.

Andreas Osiander (German:[ˈoːziˌandɐ]; 19 December &#; 17 October ) was a German Lutherantheologian and Protestant reformer.

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Career

Born at Gunzenhausen, Ansbach, in the region of Franconia, Osiander studied at the University of Ingolstadt before being ordained as a Catholic priest in in Nuremberg. In the same year he began work at an Augustinian convent in Nuremberg as a Hebrew tutor.

In , he was appointed to the church of St. Lorenz in Nuremberg, and at the same time publicly declared himself to be a Lutheran. During the First Diet of Nuremberg (), he met Albert of Prussia, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, and played an important role in converting him to Lutheranism.

He also played a prominent role in the debate which led to the city of Nuremberg's adoption of the Reformation in , and in the same year Osiander married.