Jacob Palaeologus
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Jacob Palaeologus, also called Giacomo da Chio, was a Dominican friar who renounced his religious vows and became an antitrinitarian theologian. A polemicist against both Calvinism and Papal Power, Pa
Chios, birthplace of Jacob Palaelogus
The Grand Inquisitor, Michele Ghislieri (later Pope Pius V); condemned Palaeologus to death in absentia, and remained his lifelong enemy
Andreas Dudith, protected Palaeologus and employed his scholarship in support of the imperial arguments presented to the Council of Trent
Ferenc Dávid, leader of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania; imprisoned, he was defended by Palaeologus in a succession of works.
Giorgio Biandrata
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Giorgio Biandrata or Blandrata was an Italian-born Transylvanian physician and polemicist, who came from the De Biandrate family, powerful from the early part of the 13th century. He was an antitrinit
Jacob Palaeologus
…with him since 1570 and sought his advice. By 1573 this was a well-worn path for Italian reformers and radicals; already taken, amongst many others by Giorgio Biandrata and Francesco Stancaro, and Paleologus found a receptive audience for his teachings. The aristocratic households of Hungary, Principality of Transylvania…
John Calvin letter to the Calvinist congress in Vilnius, including condemnation of Giorgio Blandrata's anti-trinitarian views, 9 October 1561, Geneva