Sebastian Castellio was a French preacher and theologian; and one of the first Reformed Christian proponents of religious toleration, freedom of conscience and thought. Wikipedia
Born: 1515, Saint-Martin-du-Frêne, France
Died: December 29, 1563 (age 48 years), Basel, Switzerland
Books: Youth's Scripture-remembrancer: Or, Select Sacred Stories, by Way of Familiar Dialogues, in Latin and English: ... by Sebastian Castalio: to which are Added, Some Explanatory Remarks, ... by D. Bellamy, ... and The Christian's Latin companion, containing Thomas à Kempis's "Imitation of Christ: rendered into elegant Latin by Seb. Castellio, and hymns
Sebastian Castellio (1515-1563) was one of the most important Christian humanist thinkers of the sixteenth century and an important early advocate for religious ...
classical scholar and Protestant theologian. After adopting Protestantism, he studied under J. Calvin, who procured for him a post in Geneva in 1541.
Paper published in the Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, eds, D. R.. Finch and M. Hillar, Vol. 10, 2002, pp. 31-56. Marian Hillar. Castellio versus Calvin.
Sebastian Castellio. 1515-1563. Protestant theologian. Born in Savoy, he went to Geneva as a teacher, having met Calvin in Strasbourg.