The places where Calvin lived

There are still traces of Calvin’s presence in the places where he stayed :

In Noyon, where he was born, beside the cathedral, his father worked as an lawyer for the canons. His mother would take him every year to attend mass at the nearby Abbaye d’Ourscamp ;
In the French institutions where he studied ;
In the places where he sought refuge when he was exiled from France.

Noyon in the 16th century

Townhall in Noyon

Noyon cathedral

Ourscamp, the Abbey

Paris, Fortet school, Calvin's residence -

House where Calvin lived around 1530 in Orleans

Bourges, Calvin's pulpit

Calvin's house in Enfer near Wy, Seine et Oise

Basel: the cathedral and the Pfalz

Strasburg, Saint Thomas church (67)

16th century houses in Strasbourg

Geneva in 1602

Geneve: house of the cathedral

Geneva: gates in the lower part of the city

Genevan costumes

St Pierre cathedral in Geneva

Medal featuring J. Calvin - Noyon 1010-1564 "Soli deo Gloria"

Associated tours

Médaille du tricentenaire de l'Institution Chrétienne de Calvin (1536)

Jean Calvin

With the publication of his book: The Institution of the Christian Religion, Jean Calvin establishes himself as the main theologian of the Reformed current. He was called to Geneva, which...

Associated notes

Although Calvin considered the Bible to be of fundamental importance in his theses, he cannot be considered a fundamentalist. The authority of the Scriptures, according to him, called for interpretation :...

Jean Calvin (1509-1564)

A generation after Luther, the Frenchman Jean Calvin became the organiser of the Reformation : he organised the Church, shaped the doctrine and defined the role of the Church in state government.

Calvin présidant un colloque à Genève en 1549

The Works of Jean Calvin

In his writings there are six major works.

Jean Calvin museum

Noyon is one of the largest historical cities in the north of France, situated 100km north of Paris. From 531 onwards it was a bishop’s see, (the first bishop was...

Portraits of Calvin

Very few portraits were painted in his lifetime. In fact, most paintings portraying him were done in the XIXth century.