 Bénédict Turrettini

Bénédict Turrettini (9 November 1588 – 4 March 1631), the son of Francesco Turrettini, a native of Lucca, who settled in Geneva in 1579, was born at Zürich on 9 November 1588.He was ordained a pastor in Geneva in 1612, and became professor of theology in 1618.He became citizen of the Republic of Geneva in 1627.