biography
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Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Ludwig, Graf von (Count of)
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pronunciation:
[tsintsendaw(r)f]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1700–60)
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| biography:
| Religious leader, born in Dresden, E Germany. He studied at Wittenberg, and held a government post at Dresden. He invited the persecuted Moravians to his estates, and there founded for them the colony of Herrnhut (‘the Lord's keeping’). His zeal led to conflict with the government, and he was exiled from Saxony in 1736. Ordained at Tübingen (1734), he became Bishop of the Moravian Brethren, and wrote over 100 books. |
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