BOLSEC, JÉRÔME-HERMÈS. - Carmelite theologian, born in Paris, died in Lyon in 1858. He left the Order and fled to Ferrara, where he served for a time as chaplain to Duchess Renata. In 1550, he adhered to Calvin, with whom he formed a friendship in Geneva and practiced medicine. This friendship later broke down when he declared himself against the doctrine of predestination; he was imprisoned by Calvin’s order, then banished from Geneva as a notorious impostor and apostate. To escape further persecution, he took refuge in France, practicing medicine, and in the city of Autun publicly recanted his errors, aligning himself against the Reformers.
In 1562 he had published: *Le miroir, envoyé de Vé-
rité au Roi* concerning the reform of the Church, a brief pamphlet; *Histoire de la vie, moeurs, actes, doctrine, constance et mort de Jean Calvin* (Lyon 1577), dedicated to the Archbishop of Lyon; *Histoire de la vie, moeurs, doctrine et déportements de Th. de Bèze* (Paris 1582).