Bartholomäus Bernardi (1487–1551) was the rector and a
professor
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of
physics
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and
philosophy
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at the
University
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of
Wittenberg
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during the time of
Martin Luther
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. He was a student of Luther's.
He was born in Schlins in Vorarlberg (Austria) and studied at
Erfurt
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in Germany.
He became a
Protestant reformer. He was pastor of the congregation in
Kemberg
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Subdivisions
The town Kemberg consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal districts: ,
Saxony
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(15.2 kilometers (9.4 miles) south of
Wittenberg
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). He was the first
Lutheran
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provost in Kemberg.
He was the third
Lutheran
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priest to marry (after Jacob Knabe of Danzig and Nicholas Brunner of Nesselbach).
After his marriage, the Archbishop of Magdeburg, Elector Albrecht of Mainz, demanded that the Elector of Saxony, Frederick the Wise, extradite Bernardi to the ecclesiastical court; the Elector refused to do so.
Zeitreisefuehrer Vorarlberg website
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References
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