Vézelay
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Vézelay is a commune in the department of Yonne in the north-central French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is a defensible hill town famous for Vézelay Abbey. The town and its 11th-century Roma
Vézelay Abbey
Vézelay Abbey
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux preaching the second crusade in Vézelay in 1146.
General view of the town
Theodore Beza
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Theodore Beza was a French Calvinist Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar who played an important role in the Protestant Reformation. He was a disciple of John Calvin and lived most of his life
Vézelay
…income and favored the commendatory abbots. During the wars of religion, the abbots made a strong place of the Protestant League. Under the influence of Theodore de Beze, the abbey made Vézelay one of the first towns of the region allied to Protestantism. In March 1569, the town was taken by the Protestant troops of…
Portrait of Beza at age 58, 1577
Theodore Beza's birthplace in Vézelay
Beza at age 24, 16th-century portrait
Portrait of Theodore Beza, by English School, 17th century