Turrettini

Turrettini is the name of a wealthy patrician family from the Tuscan city of Lucca , whose evangelical members settled in Geneva for reasons of faith , including the following people:

• Francesco Turrettini (1547–1628), Italian evangelical refugee and Geneva silk merchant and manufacturer
• his son Bénédict Turrettini (1588–1631), a Reformed Swiss and Geneva theologian
• his son François Turrettini (1623–1687), Reformed Geneva theologian
• his son Jean-Alphonse Turrettini (1671–1737), Reformed Geneva theologian
• Auguste Turrettini (1818–1881), Swiss Greek philologist and Geneva State Councilor
• Théodore Turrettini (1845–1916), Swiss electrical engineer and politician
• Edmond Turrettini (1874–1951), Swiss engineer and Geneva State Councilor
• Maurice Turrettini (1878–1932), Swiss architect

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Micheline Tripet: Turrettini [Turrettin]. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .