Ulric Zwingli was born in a peasant’s cottage in the Swiss Alps. His father was a poor village magistrate, but he wanted his son to get an education. So the boy was sent away to boarding school at an early age. He was a brilliant child, and before long, it was hard to find teachers who could keep up with him. When he was still a young man, the church friars wanted him to become a monk because he was already a very good speaker and writer
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