Giovanni Diodati
Wenceslas Hollar
Giovanni Diodati or Deodati (3 June 1576 – 3 October 1649)Calvinist theologian and translator. His translation of the Bible into Italian from Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Syriac sources became the reference version used by Italian Protestants.
Life
He was born at
Genevan Academy in 1596.[2] At the age of twenty-one he was nominated professor of Hebrew at Geneva on the recommendation of Theodore Beza. In 1606 he became professor of theology, in 1608 pastor, or parish minister, at Geneva, and in the following year he succeeded Beza as professor of theology.[5]
As a preacher Diodati was eloquent, and he was sent on a mission to France in 1614. He had previously visited Italy, and made the acquaintance of
Arminians.[5]
In 1645 Diodati resigned his professorship, and he died at Geneva on 3 October 1649.
Works
Diodati is chiefly famous as the author of the
Edwin Sandys's Account of the State of Religion in the West.[5]
References
- ^ Jean Diodati, in the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
- ^ ISBN 978-1-107-00881-6. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ISBN 978-3-525-55065-6.
- ^ Biography of Jacob Dircksz de Graeff at Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 2 (1912), by P.J. Blok and P.C. Molhuysen
- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Diodati, Giovanni". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 281.
External links
- Works by Giovanni Diodati at Post-Reformation Digital Library
- Works by Giovanni Diodati at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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