Missionaries and Men of God - Bartholomäus ziegenbalg Biography - Tamil

Bartholomaus Ziegenbalg was born in Pulsnitz, Saxony, in southeast Germany, on July 10, 1682. His parents were devout Christians, who discovered their young son was quite gifted in music. This led to him being sent to the University of Halle where studied under August Herman Francke.

Around 1705, King Frederick IV of Denmark went through a time of soul-searching after his mistress died in childbirth. Out of this came a desire to send forth and finance two missionaries to India. One of the men he consulted with was Francke, who highly recommended two students known for their piety: Bartholomaus Ziegenbalg and Hienrich Plütschau. Their destination was the Danish East India Company colony of Tranquebar in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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