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Théodore De Bèze (1519 - 1605) was an author, translator, educator, and theologian who assisted and later succeeded John Calvin as a leader of the Protestant Reformation centered at Geneva. After studying law at Orléans, Fr. (1535?39), Beza established a practice in Paris, where he published "Juvenilia" (1548), a volume of amorous verse that earned him a reputation as a leading Latin poet.

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