Calvin — Erosophia Encyclopedia

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Calvin — Picard theologian of the Reformation, refugee in Geneva, died 1564

A Picard jurist turned reformer, driven from France by repression, he made a middling town on Lake Geneva the capital of a church and the refuge of those who thought as he did. All his life he held himself to be a French refugee. (Editorial synthesis)

Calvin was born on 10 July 1509 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)

Calvin was born in Noyon. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)

Calvin died on 27 May 1564 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)

Calvin died in Geneva. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)

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