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Also known as Théodore de Bèze, Theodore de Beze, Theodore of Beza

French Reformed Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar (1519-1605)

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Theodore Beza was a French male author who lived from 1519 to 1605. He wrote under several pseudonyms, including Benedictus Passavantius, Nathanael Nezekius, Frangidelphe Escorche-Messes, and Christianus Hessiander. His literary output includes works such as *Clear and Simple Treatise on the Lord's Supper*, *Heroes of the Reformation*, *Complete 1599 Geneva Bible Marginal Notes*, and *Treasure of Gospel Truth*.

Records indicate that Beza has 31 associated works in one database and 3 in another, with a total of 5 works listed in a separate source. He is referenced by 473 other encyclopedia articles. MusicBrainz identifies him as a person from France, while Last.fm lists two listeners and three plays for his name.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Clear and Simple Treatise on the Lord's Supper
  • Heroes of the Reformation
  • Complete 1599 Geneva Bible Marginal Notes
  • Treasure of Gospel Truth

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1519-06-24
Active to
1605-10-13

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2
Total plays
3

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Theodore+Beza">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Theodore Beza

Key facts

Born
Théodore de Bèze , 24 June 1519, Vézelay , Kingdom of France
Died
13 October 1605 (1605-10-13) (aged 86), Geneva , Republic of Geneva
Occupations
Theologian, author
Notable work
Right of Magistrates (1574)
Era
Reformation
Tradition or movement
Calvinism
Main interests
Systematic theology
Notable ideas
Supralapsarianism

via Wikipedia infobox

Works in European collections

31 objects attributed to Theodore Beza, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

~24 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Theodore Beza (Latin: Theodorus Beza; French: Théodore de Bèze or de Besze; 24 June 1519 – 13 October 1605) was a French Calvinist Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar who played an important role in the Protestant Reformation. He was a disciple of John Calvin and lived most of his life in Geneva. Beza succeeded Calvin as the spiritual leader of the Republic of Geneva.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Theodore Beza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.