Calvin and Geneva: The Protestant Reformer
On 10 July 2009 the world will celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Jean Calvin (1509-64), the controversial and influential French protestant theologian and reformer. At almost fifty-five he died in Geneva on 27 May 1564 and was buried in the Plainpalais Cemetery, Rue des Rois, Geneva, Switzerland. In the sixteenth century the cemetery was outside the city walls and used for common burials where his actual burial spot is unidentified. Calvin and Geneva In the middle…
