Bénédict Calandrini
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Bénédict Calandrini (born September 4, 1639 in Geneva , † December 13, 1720 ibid) was a Geneva Reformed theologian.
He was the son of the merchant Jean-Louis Calandrini and Catherine Turrentini. Calandrini studied theology in Geneva from 1657 to 1660 and was pastor at the Italian Church in Geneva in 1662 and pastor in Geneva in 1664. From 1673 to 1677 he was rector of the Geneva Academy and from 1690 to 1720 he was professor of theology there. From 1705 to 1720 he was dean of the Compagnie des Pasteurs.
Like his colleague at the François Turrettini Academy, he was on the side of the Consensus Helveticus (and was thus on the side of the Cabale Italique at the Academy and opponent of the liberal Reformed theologian at the Louis Tronchin Academy ). It was directed against divergent teachings in the Reformed Church and especially against the doctrine of predestination by Moyse Amyraut .
In 1670 he married Sybille Catherine Fatio, the daughter of the merchant Jean Baptiste Fatio (lord of Duillier). He was also a key player in an underground ring of supporters of Huguenot galley convicts from 1695 to 1714 . His great-nephew was the physicist and mathematician Jean-Louis Calandrini .
Web links
- Olivier Fatio: Bénédict Calandrini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Calandrini, Bénédict |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1639 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1720 |
| Place of death | Geneva |