Facts: - death place: neustadt an der weinstrasse - residence: heidelberg - death date: 6 may 1583 - birth date: 18 july 1534 - name: zacharias ursinus - nationality: silesian/german - image: zacharias ursinus.png - birth place: wroclaw - religion: reformed - occupation: theologian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of zacharias ursinus .
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zacharias ursinus -lrb- 18 july 1534 -- 6 may 1583 -rrb- was a sixteenth-century german reformed theologian , born zacharias baer in breslau -lrb- now wrocaw , poland -rrb- .he became the leading theologian of the reformed protestant movement of the palatinate , serving both at the university of heidelberg and the college of wisdom -lrb- collegium sapientiae -rrb- .he is best known as the principal author and interpreter of the '' heidelberg catechism '' .