RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pierre Robert Olivétan

1505 - 1538

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Pierre Robert Olivetan/Olivétan (c. 1506 – 1538), a Waldensian by faith, was the first translator of the Bible into the French language on the basis of Hebrew and Greek texts, rather than from Latin. He was a cousin of John Calvin, who wrote a Latin preface for the translation, often called the Olivetan Bible (French). His work was based on that of his teacher Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples. It was published in 1535 as La Bible Qui est toute la Saincte scripture at Neuchâtel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Robert Olivétan is the 2,114th most popular religious figure (down from 1,918th in 2019), the 3,234th most popular biography from France (down from 3,165th in 2019) and the 171st most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 2,114 out of 3,187. Before him are Ursus of Solothurn, Trifko Grabež, Marco Antonio de Dominis, Adolfo Suárez Rivera, Zara Yaqob, and Roger Deakins. After him are Anthimus VI of Constantinople, Flavio Chigi, Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Juan Benlloch i Vivó, and J. F. Oberlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1505, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 14. Before him are Juan de Valdés, Lambert Lombard, Christine of Saxony, Nikolaus Federmann, Christoph Amberger, and Vicente Juan Masip. After him are Aegidius Tschudi, Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha, Solomon Alkabetz, and Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. Among people deceased in 1538, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 13. Before him are Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, Elena Glinskaya, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, Charles II, Duke of Guelders, Érard de la Marck, and Estêvão Gomes. After him is Saadet I Giray.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 3,234 out of 6,770. Before him are Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903), Marie I, Countess of Boulogne (1136), Manuel Amoros (1962), Vincent Lindon (1959), Émile Coste (1862), and Marcel Granet (1884). After him are Antoine Coypel (1661), Guy Ropartz (1864), Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754), Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau (1770), Charles Pinot Duclos (1704), and Vladimir Posner (1934).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pierre Robert Olivétan ranks 171. Before him are Jean-Pierre Ricard (1944), Prosper Guéranger (1805), Audomar (600), Bénézet (1165), Bertha of Kent (550), and Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert (1796). After him are J. F. Oberlin (1740), Flodoard (894), Pasquier Quesnel (1634), Fernando Ocáriz Braña (1944), Pierre Pigneau de Behaine (1741), and Wolfgang Capito (1478).

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