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Pierre Robert Olivétan

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Gender Male
Born Noyon
France
DiedItaly
BooksEnglish Translation of Olivétan New Testament
Job Translator
Theologian
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Date of Upd.
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Pierre Robert Olivétan Life story


Pierre Robert Olivetan/Olivétan a Waldensian by faith was the first to translate the Bible into the French language starting from the Hebrew and Greek texts. He was a cousin of John Calvin, who wrote a Latin preface for the translation, often called the Olivetan Bible.

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