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Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder (1484–1531)

"Zwingli" redirects here. For the skier, see Werner Zwingli. For the main-belt asteroid, see 7908 Zwingli.

Huldrych or Ulrich Zwingli^[a][b] (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a Swiss Christian theologian, musician, and leader of the Reformation in Switzerland.

Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he attended the University of Vienna and the University of Basel, a scholarly center of Renaissance humanism.

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He continued his studies while he served as a pastor in Glarus and later in Einsiedeln, where he was influenced by the writings of Erasmus.

In 1519, Zwingli became the Leutpriester (people's priest) of the Grossmünster in Zürich where he began to preach ideas on reform of the Catholic Church.

In his first public controversy in 1522, he attacked the custom of fasting during