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Ferenc Dávid

1510 - 1579

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Ferenc Dávid (also rendered as Francis David or Francis Davidis; born as Franz David Hertel, c. 1520 – 15 November 1579) was a preacher and theologian from Transylvania, the founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania, and the leading figure of the Nontrinitarian Christian movements during the Protestant Reformation. He disputed the mainstream Christian doctrine of the Trinity, believing God to be one and indivisible. Studying Catholic theology in Wittenberg and in Frankfurt an der Oder, he was first ordained as a Roman Catholic priest, later he became a Lutheran minister and then a Calvinist bishop in the Principality of Transylvania. Throughout his career as a Christian theologian and professor, Dávid learnt the teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic and Magisterial Protestant churches, but later rejected several of them and came to embrace Unitarianism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferenc Dávid is the 906th most popular philosopher (down from 843rd in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Romania (down from 182nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Romanian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ferenc Dávid ranks 906 out of 1,267. Before him are Feng Youlan, Vasily Rozanov, Beatus Rhenanus, Helen Parkhurst, Andrea Carlo Ferrari, and Tao Hongjing. After him are Pierre Daniel Huet, Firmin Abauzit, Tan Sitong, Jakob Friedrich Fries, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, and Valentin Weigel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Ferenc Dávid ranks 31. Before him are Alonso Mudarra, Andrea Schiavone, Diego Ortiz, Bonaventure des Périers, Tullia d'Aragona, and Ivan Fyodorov. After him are Wan Hu, Martynas Mažvydas, William Turner, Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza, Simão Rodrigues, and Levina Teerlinc. Among people deceased in 1579, Ferenc Dávid ranks 10. Before him are Joseph Nasi, Hans Staden, Diego de Landa, Thomas Gresham, Stanislaus Hosius, and Vicente Juan Masip. After him are Juan Fernández Navarrete, Simão Rodrigues, and John Ogilvie.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ferenc Dávid ranks 223 out of 844. Before him are Nicolae Paulescu (1869), Johann Hedwig (1730), Sebastian Stan (1982), Ferenc Kazinczy (1759), Ion Ghica (1816), and Ștefan Barbu (1908). After him are Kadriye Nurmambet (1933), Miodrag Belodedici (1964), Radu Vasile (1942), Aaron Aaronsohn (1876), Michael von Melas (1729), and Kálmán Tisza (1830).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Romania

Among philosophers born in Romania, Ferenc Dávid ranks 6. Before him are Emil Cioran (1911), Lucien Goldmann (1913), Georges Politzer (1903), Vazgen I (1908), and Péter Pázmány (1570). After him are Lucian Blaga (1895).

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