William Farel

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16th-century Protestant Christian theologian French Protestant reformer French-speaking Swiss Reformer Reformation leader

William Farel was a French Protestant reformer and fiery preacher who played a key role in establishing the Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland and in persuading John Calvin to remain in Geneva.

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Guillaume Farel	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	16th-century Protestant ⓘ Christian theologian ⓘ French Protestant reformer ⓘ French-speaking Swiss Reformer ⓘ Reformation leader ⓘ
banishedFrom	Geneva ⓘ
banishmentYearFromGeneva	1538 ⓘ
birthPlace	Gap, Dauphiné, France ⓘ
birthYear	1489 ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Johannes Oecolampadius ⓘ John Calvin ⓘ Pierre Viret ⓘ
confession	Reformed ⓘ
deathPlace	Neuchâtel ⓘ surface form: Neuchâtel, Switzerland
deathYear	1565 ⓘ
educatedAt	Panthéon-Sorbonne University ⓘ surface form: University of Paris
era	Reformation ⓘ surface form: Reformation era
influenced	John Calvin ⓘ Reformed churches in French-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
influencedBy	Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples ⓘ Martin Luther ⓘ
knownFor	establishing the Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland ⓘ evangelizing French-speaking regions ⓘ fiery preaching style ⓘ persuading John Calvin to remain in Geneva ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
movement	Reformation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Reformation
name	William Farel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guillaume Farel William Farel self-link ⓘ
nationality	French ⓘ
occupation	preacher ⓘ reformer ⓘ theologian ⓘ
opposedTo	Roman Catholic Church practices ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Dauphiné ⓘ Romandy ⓘ surface form: French-speaking Switzerland
religion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
roleInGeneva	helped introduce Protestantism to Geneva ⓘ urged the city council to adopt Reformation measures ⓘ
roleInReformation	pioneer of Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
supportedDoctrine	justification by faith ⓘ sola scriptura ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Reformed theology ⓘ
workedIn	Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ Bern ⓘ Geneva ⓘ Lausanne ⓘ Neuchâtel ⓘ

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John Calvin → collaboratedWith → William Farel ⓘ

Swiss Reformation → hasKeyFigure → William Farel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guillaume Farel

William Farel → name → William Farel self-link ⓘ

William Farel → name → William Farel self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guillaume Farel