FAREL, WILLIAM

FAREL, WILLIAM
   a Swiss reformer, born at Dauphiné; introduced, in 1534, after two futile attempts, the reformed faith into Geneva, where he was succeeded in the management of affairs by John Calvin; he has been called the "pioneer of the Reformation in Switzerland and France" (1489-1565).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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