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Article: Bèze, Théodore (Théodore Beza; 1516
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B
è
ZE, TH
É
ODORE (Th
é
odore Beza; 1516
–
1605)
B
è
ZE, TH
É
ODORE
(Th
é
odore Beza; 1516
–
1605), French theologian and poet. Th
é
odore B
è
ze was born 24 June 1516 in V
é
zelay,
France; his father, Pierre B
è
ze, was the king's bailiff and a member of the lesser nobility. B
è
ze received a humanist education in Orl
é
ans, where he excelled in Latin, Greek, and poetry. Under the guidance of Melchior Wolmar, he was exposed to the ideas of the growing Reformed movement in France. B
è
ze finished his legal studies in 1539 in Orl
é
ans, where he first encountered John Calvin (1509
–
1564), who was briefly studying law there.
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