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Johannes Fabricius (Montanus), a Reformed divine, born 1527 at Bergheim in [[Alsace (France)|Alsace]], a nephew of Leo Jud, who was [[Zwingli, Ulrich (1484-1531)|Zwingli's]] co-worker, was made pastor in [[Chur (Kanton Graubünden, Switzerland)|Chur]] in 1557. Here he attacked the [[Swiss Brethren|Swiss Brethren]], who held their meetings in the home of a local citizen. In 1560 he disputed with one of the Swiss Brethren before the city council and in the following year he arranged a colloquy with the Swiss Brethren, in which he was announced as victor (Schiess, <em>Bullingers Korrespondenz mit den  Graubündnern</em> II, 33). On the other hand, his attempts to convert an imprisoned [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] failed (see [[Grisons (Switzerland)|Grisons]]). He died 5 September 1566.
= Bibliography =
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon, </em>4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 162.
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