Gulielmus Bucanus (Guillaume Du Buc, in English William Bucanus) (died 1603) was a Swiss-French
Calvinist
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theologian. His ''Institutiones theologicae'' (Geneva, 1602) was one of the first systematic works of theology of the Reformed Church.
Life
He was born at
Rouen
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. He was a regent master at the
Collège de Lausanne in 1564, and then was ordained
deacon
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Major Christian denominations, such as the Cathol ...
in 1568. He became pastor at
Yverdon
Yverdon-les-Bains () (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Ancient Rome, Roman era) is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Jura-North Vaudois District, Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It ...
in 1571, and was theology professor at the
Lausanne Academy
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from 1591. He was invited to a position at the
Saumur Academy
The Academy of Saumur () was a Huguenot university at Saumur in western France. It existed from 1593, when it was founded by Philippe de Mornay, until shortly after 1685, when Louis XIV decided on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, ending t ...
, but died before he could take it up.
References
* http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F11062.php
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Further reading
''Encyclopedia Reformata'' page
External links
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1603 deaths
16th-century French theologians
Swiss Calvinist and Reformed theologians
Year of birth unknown
16th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians
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