Capito

Capito, or KÖPFEL, WOLFGANG FABRICIUS, reformer, born in 1478 at Haguenau in Alsace, entered the Benedictine order, and became professor of Theology at Basel, where he showed in his lectures a tendency to shake off the trammels of the scholastic writers. He approved of Luther's action, but nevertheless in 1519 entered the service of Albert of Mainz; and it was not till some years later that he finally declared for the Reformation. He then entered zealously into its work, shared with Bucer the composition of the Confessio Tetrapolitana, and took part in the Synod of Bern in 1532. He died in November 1541.