Antvorskov
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Antvorskov Monastery was the principal Scandinavian monastery of the Catholic Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, located about one kilometer south of the town of Slagelse on Zealand, Denmark.
Antvorskov monastery, 1749
Hans Tausen
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Hans Tausen nicknamed the “Danish Luther” was the leading Lutheran theologian of the Danish Reformation. He served as Bishop of Ribe and published the first translation of the Pentateuch into Danish i
Antvorskov
…bishop and perform a bishop's functions without being ordained. Thomesen opposed the introduction of Lutheran teaching and was responsible for sending Hans Tausen, who lived at the monastery, to prison in Viborg for teaching Lutheran "heresy" in the Good Friday sermon in 1525 that sparked the Reformation in…
Hans Tausen as a young man
Hans Tausen as bishop
Hans Tausen's Church (1924), Copenhagen, Denmark
Hans Tausen statue in Ribe, Denmark