Statue på Domkirkepladsen af reformatoren Hans Tausen, også kaldet "Den danske Luther". Han oversatte Bibelen til dansk.
Hans Tausen (1494 - 1561) blev munk i Johanniterklosteret i Antvorskov ved Slagelse. Herfra blev han sendt til universitetet i Rostock for at studere, og blev også præsteviet. Herefter studerede han i København, i Leuven og i Wittenberg.
Da han igen kom til Danmark gav han i sine prædikener udtryk for lutherske synspunkter og blev derfor udstødt af johanniterordenen. Almindelige borgere tog dog begejstret imod ham som friprædikant og reformatorisk leder. Kong Frederik 1. udnævnte ham i oktober 1526 til sin kapellan med tjeneste i Viborg og der opstod en evangelisk vækkelse omkring ham. Efter Frederik 1.s død 1533 blev Hans Tausen anklaget for injurier mod en biskop, for ulovlig benyttelse af kirkerne og for kættersk nadverlære.
Han havde dog stadig folkets opbakning og en klar evangelisktisk holdning og anses for at være den danske Reformations førstemand, "den danske Luther".
Han blev biskop i Ribe fra 1541 og til sin død.
Statue at the cathedral square of the reformer Hans Tausen, also called "the Danish Luther". He translated the Bible into Danish.
Hans Tausen (1494 - 1561) became a monk in the Johannite Monastery in Antvorskov near Slagelse. From there he was sent to the University of Rostock to study, and was also a priest. After that he studied in Copenhagen, in Leuven and in Wittenberg.
When he came to Denmark again, in his sermons he expressed Lutheran views and was therefore ousted by the Order of Johannite. Ordinary citizens, however, excitedly welcomed him as a free preacher and reformatory leader. King Frederick I appointed him in October 1526 to his chaplain with service in Viborg and there was an evangelical revival around him. After Frederick I's death in 1533, Hans Tausen was charged with libel against a bishop, for illegal use of the churches and for heretical sacrament.
However, he still had the support of the people and a clear evangelical attitude and is considered to be the first of the Danish Reformation, "the Danish Luther".
He became bishop of Ribe from 1541 and until his death.
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