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Felix Manz

Born	Felix Mantz 1498 Zürich
Died	1527 Zürich
Known for	Co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren congregation

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Felix Manz (also Felix Mantz) (c. 1498 – 5 January 1527) was an Anabaptist, a co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren congregation in Zürich, Switzerland, and the first martyr of the Radical Reformation.