Michael Servetus (actually Miguel Serveto y Reves; * 1511 in Tudela; "† 27 October 1553 in Geneva) was a Spanish physician, scholar, an human, a theologian and a Antitrinitarier. It is written frequently also as Servet.

Servetus studied jurisprudence in Toulouse and came as a result of Karl V., whose emperor coronation/culmination he attended, to Germany and stood here in services of the imperial Beichtvaters Quintana. When it did not succeed to it around 1530 to win Johannes Oekolampad for its from the church teachings deviating speculative opinions of the it turned in October this yearly to Strasbourg, where Wolfgang Capito and Martin Bucer admits to it was, and published themselves in Hagenau its work De trinitatis erroribus (1531), from which the advice had many copies, and by whose author Bucer judged destroyed to Basel, it "„was worthy that one tears it entrails from the body "“.

On the other hand Servetus sought to justify its opinions in the Dialogi de trinitate (1532), appeared at the same place, further. Then it returned to France, lived usually in Paris or Lyon, studied Astrologie, mathematics and medicine and acquired themselves by its publication of the a likewise respected name as a geographer, as it out-did as physician and a physiologist in particular by its innovative remarks over the small Blutkreislauf.

Since 1540 in Vienne living, he came to 1553 by its theosophische writing Christianismi published in Lyon restitutio with catholic and Protestant theology into Zwiespalt. It escaped from the prison in Lyon in April 1553, however in Geneva was arrested, and the authorities turned on 21 August around information after Vienne, of where one required its immediate distribution. Servetus was placed to the court before the choice to be delivered or in Geneva place, and decided for Geneva. Calvins role with the process was those of the expert, who proved Servetus The court caught up itself further appraisals of Zurich, Berne, Basel and work living, all this, just like Calvin, for the execution discussions. On 26 October 1553 Servetus was condemned from the advice to Geneva to the fire death, which he, persisting on its teachings, suffered on 27 October 1553.

Servetus was the only so-called Ketzer, which was executed at present Calvins in Geneva. On 27 October 1903, that 350. Anniversary of its execution, was set up for instance in the place, where the heap of failure burned at that time, the Servetus Gedenkstein.

Literature

• Stefan branch: Castellio against Calvin or a conscience against the force (1936)
• Roland Herbert bay clay/tone: Michael Servet. 1511 - 1553, 1960

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