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He was born of Calvinist parents and educated at Heidelberg, where he took a course in theology.
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There he was kindly received by Cardinal Bellarmine, Cardinal Baronius, and Pope Clement VIII. His gratitude to Baronius caused him to add that cardinal"s name to his own. On his return to Germany he became a Catholic (1601) and a staunch defender of his faith. In his "Apologia" (Mainz, 1601) he gives the reasons for his conversion and in his "Praescriptionum adversus haereticos.
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Religion
Roman Catholic Catholicism