Noël Béda

Jeff Persels (University of South Carolina)

Ed. by Robert J. Hudson, Brigham Young University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.02: French Writing and Culture in the Renaissance, 1400-1600.
Vol. editors: Robert J. Hudson (Brigham Young University), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), Phillip John Usher (New York University), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

Born c. 1470
Died 1537
Activity 1503-1534

Places

Active in France

Activities

Primary

Theologian

Other

Teacher/ Professor

Resources

Béda's Works

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Although one of the dominant champions of Catholic orthodoxy in the early years of the Reformation in France, Noël Béda’s influence and legacy have been defined more by what his contemporaries wrote about him – and even falsely attributed to him – than by anything he himself published. Presiding over first the Collège de Montaigu, then the Paris Faculty of Theology (as

syndic

or secretary general, from 1520 to 1534), he was instrumental in shaping official Gallican critique of indigenous evangelical and imported Lutheran heterodoxies.

Next to nothing is known of his origins or education – even his birth date is pure conjecture – but he succeeded sufficiently in impressing Devotio Moderna proselytizer Jan Standonck (c. 1453–1504) to succeed him as president of a reinvigorated

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Citation: Persels, Jeff. "Noël Béda". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 August 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14478, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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