French Reformers
Clément Marot
A short biography of Clément Marot (c. 1496–1544), court poet of Francis I and Margaret of Navarre, whose metrical psalms began the Huguenot Psalter completed by Beza.
Louis de Berquin
A short biography of Louis de Berquin (c. 1490–1529), “the most learned of the nobles,” translator of Luther and Erasmus, and martyr at Paris.
Pierre Robert Olivétan
A short biography of Pierre Robert Olivétan (d. 1538), Calvin’s cousin, the first evangelist of Geneva, and translator of the first French Protestant Bible of 1535.
Pierre Viret
A short biography of Pierre Viret (1511–1571), the gentle reformer of Lausanne, friend of Farel and Calvin, and the most sought-after Protestant preacher of the Huguenot churches of southern France.
Theodore Beza
A short biography of Theodore Beza (1519–1605), rector of the Academy of Geneva, biographer and successor of John Calvin, and counselor of the Huguenots.
William Farel
A short biography of William Farel (1489–1565), the fiery evangelist of French-speaking Switzerland who won Neuchâtel and Geneva for the Reformation and held John Calvin in Geneva in 1536.
