thumb|right|240px|Nikolaus von Amsdorf, 1558 etching by [[Peter Gottlandt]]
thumb|Statue of Nicolaus von Amsdorf, [[Schlosskirche, Wittenberg]]
thumb|Plaque to Nicolaus von Amsdorf, quadrangle, Wittenberg University
Nicolaus von Amsdorf (Latin: Nicolaus Amsdorfius, 3 December 1483 – 14 May 1565) was a German Lutheran theologian and an early Protestant reformer. As bishop of Naumburg (1542–1546), he became the first Lutheran bishop in the Holy Roman Empire.
Biography
He was born in Torgau, on the Elbe.
See also
- Amsdorfians
- Katharina von Bora
References
- Henry Eyster Jacobs, Lutheran Cyclopedia p. 13, "Nickolaus von Amsdorf".
External links
- Objects related to Nicolaus von Amsdorf in the Urus : Techniques and Reception of Graphic Art in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th centuries) database