Theodor Fliedner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German Lutheran minister
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Place of Birth: Eppstein, Hesse, Germany
About Theodor Fliedner
- Theodor Fliedner (21 January 1800 - 4 October 1864) was a German Lutheran minister and founder of Lutheran deaconess training.
- In 1836, he founded Kaiserswerther Diakonie, a hospital and deaconess training center.
- He is commemorated as a renewer of society in the Calendar of Saints of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on October 4 and by the Evangelical Church in Germany on October 5th.
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