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'''Martin Luther''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of St. Augustine|OSA]]}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|uː|θ|ər}};<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/martin%20luther "Luther"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227044730/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/martin%20luther |date=27 December 2014 }}. ''[[Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary]]''.</ref> {{IPA-de|ˈmaʁtiːn ˈlʊtɐ|lang|De-Martin Luther.ogg}}; 10 November 1483<ref>Luther himself, however, believed that he had been born in 1484. {{cite book|last1=Hendrix|first1=Scott H.|title=Martin Luther: Visionary Reformer|date=2015|publisher=[[Yale University Press]]|page=17|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHKhCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA17|access-date=12 November 2017|isbn=978-0-300-16669-9}}</ref>&nbsp;– 18 February 1546) was a [[Germans|German]] priest, [[Theology|theologian]], author, [[hymnwriter]], professor, and [[Order of Saint Augustine|Augustinian friar]].<ref>Luther consistently referred to himself as a former monk. For example: "Thus formerly, when I was a monk, I used to hope that I would be able to pacify my conscience with the fastings, the [[praying]], and the vigils with which I used to afflict my body in a way to excite pity. But the more I sweat, the less quiet and peace I felt; for the true light had been removed from my eyes." Martin Luther, Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 45–50, ed. Jaroslav Jan Pelikan, Hilton C. Oswald, and Helmut T. Lehmann, vol. 8 ''Luther's Works''. (Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1999), 5:326.</ref> He was the seminal figure of the [[Reformation|Protestant Reformation]], and his theological beliefs form the basis of [[Lutheranism]].