David Ancillon
David Ancillon (17 March 1617 in
Huguenot pastor and author.[1]
At sixteen, he went to
Frankfort. He then moved to Hanau and then Berlin, where he died on 3 September 1692. He was the father of Charles Ancillon
.
Biography
Son of a lawyer, David Ancillon was born in Metz. This french city was under the protection of the King of France Louis XIII. He comes from a line of notable Protestant, who were established in the Lorraine region.
When he was only 9 years old, young David was sent to
Jesuits's college. Jesuits quickly noticed the oratorical and erudite qualities of the boy and tried several times to convert him to Catholicism
. Without results because David is destined to be a preacher.
David Ancillon left to study Protestant theology in Geneva in 1633. In 1641, at the synod of Charenton, he was received as a minister and installed in Meaux.
References
- ^ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. II (9th ed.). 1878. p. 9.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
