Pierre Robert Olivétan
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Noyon |
| France | |
| Died | Italy |
| Books | English Translation of Olivétan New Testament |
| Job | Translator |
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| ID | 1889610 |
Pierre Robert Olivétan Life story
Pierre Robert Olivetan/Olivétan a Waldensian by faith was the first to translate the Bible into the French language starting from the Hebrew and Greek texts. He was a cousin of John Calvin, who wrote a Latin preface for the translation, often called the Olivetan Bible.