Daniel Tossanus
Daniel Tossanus (Toussain, Toussaint) (1541–1602) was a French Reformed theologian.
Life
He was born at
Huguenots
.
He now sought refuge in
massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day
, he left just in time to escape the massacre and pillage at Isle the next day; and he was concealed by a Roman Catholic nobleman at Montargis and later by the duchess in a tower of
her castle. In November 1572, he was able to return to his father at Montbéliard, but Lutheran intolerance again drove him out, and he accepted a call to the French refugees at Basel.
In March 1573, he was appointed chaplain to the
Count Palatine Frederick III at Heidelberg, but in 1576 the Calvinistic Frederick was succeeded by his son, the Lutheran Louis VI, and the Reformed were expelled. They found a Calvinist patron, however, in John Casimir, the brother of the count, at Neustadt, where Tossanus became inspector of churches and also helped found an academy in which he was one of the teachers. After the death of Zacharias Ursinus
, he was also preacher to the refugees' church of St. Lambert. In 1583 Louis VI died, and John Casimir became regent. Calling Tossanus onto his council, he expelled the Lutherans from Heidelberg, and Tossanus later became professor of theology, and in 1584, rector.
Family
Paul Tossanus was his son.[1][2] His daughter Maria was mother of Theodore Haak.[3]
Works
As an author he was prolific, producing 33 works, listed in F. W. Cuno, Daniel Tossanus (Amsterdam, 1898).
References
- ^ Janssen & Mitchell 1909, p. 176.
- ^ "Heidelberg in der Frühen Neuzeit (1508–1803) | Themen". www.heidelberg-fruehe-neuzeit.uni-hd.de.
- ^ "Haak, Theodore | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
Sources
- Janssen, Johannes; Mitchell, M.A (1909). History of the German people at the close of the Middle Ages. Vol. 14. Translated by Christie, A.M. London. p. 176.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. Vol. 11 (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls. p. 473.
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