Background
He was born in Picardy, northern France.
theologian university professor
He was born in Picardy, northern France.
He studied in Paris, in Saumur Academy under Gomarus, and in Geneva at the time of the Synod of Dort.
He was ordained in 1620, and preached at Laon until a controversy with Roman Catholic missionaries. Feeling his life was in danger, he left in 1624. which led to an attack on his life. He became professor at the Academy of Sedan (1625), pastor at Maastricht (1632), pastor and professor at "s-Hertogenbosch (1636), and at Groningen (1643).
He died at Groningen on May 18, 1673.
