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As a sympathizer of the Reformation, he corresponded with reformers such as Zwingli and Vadian.

A critical remark of his wife on the veneration of Mary earned him a reprimand by the city council and a substantial pay cut in 1523, and as a consequence the family moved to Rottweil two years later.

However, there he got involved in the conflicts between Catholics and Protestants, too, and even spent some time in jail.

When the Protestants were banned from Rottweil in 1529, he more than gladly followed a call of Bern ( which had become Protestant in 1528 ) to serve as the city's chronicler.

From 1535 to 1537 he again served also as the city physician.

He died between August 1, 1546 and February 21, 1547 ; the exact date is unknown.