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	Idelette de Bure was born in [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Liège Liège] and first married John Stordeur from the same city. At some stage they moved to [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg Strassburg] where they were recorded as being [[Anabaptism\|Anabaptists]]. Idelette and John Stordeur had two children (Charles, Judith) before Stordeur died after a brief illness, leaving Idelette a widow.<ref>http://www.the-highway.com/Idelette.html</ref>		Idelette de Bure was born in [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Liège Liège] and first married John Stordeur from the same city. At some stage they moved to [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg Strassburg] where they were recorded as being [[Anabaptism\|Anabaptists]]. Idelette and John Stordeur had two children (Charles, Judith) before Stordeur died after a brief illness, leaving Idelette a widow.<ref>http://www.the-highway.com/Idelette.html</ref>

	Calvin was so caught up in his labors that he did not seem to consider marriage until age 30 or so. He asked friends to help him find a woman who was "chaste, obliging, not fastidious, economical, patient, and careful for (his) health".<ref name="auto">~~{{Cite web\|url=~~https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc8.iv.xi.viii.html~~\|title=Philip Schaff: History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation - Christian Classics Ethereal Library\|website=www.ccel.org\|accessdate=Aug 4, 2020}}~~</ref> His fellow laborer [[Martin Bucer]] had known Idelette and recommended her to Calvin in confidence that she would fit the bill. They married in August 1540.		Calvin was so caught up in his labors that he did not seem to consider marriage until age 30 or so. He asked friends to help him find a woman who was "chaste, obliging, not fastidious, economical, patient, and careful for (his) health".<ref name="auto">https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc8.iv.xi.viii.html</ref> His fellow laborer [[Martin Bucer]] had known Idelette and recommended her to Calvin in confidence that she would fit the bill. They married in August 1540.

	Idelette bore Calvin one son and possibly a few daughters, all of whom died in infancy.<ref>~~{{Citation\|last=~~Gordon~~\|first=~~F. Bruce~~\|year=~~2009~~\|title=~~Calvin~~\|publisher=~~Yale University Press US~~\|isbn=~~978-0-300-12076-9~~\|page=[https://archive.org/details/calvin0000gord/page/88 88]\|url=https://archive.org/details/calvin0000gord/page/88}}~~</ref>		Idelette bore Calvin one son and possibly a few daughters, all of whom died in infancy.<ref>Gordon, F. Bruce (2009), ''Calvin'', Yale University Press US, p. 88, ISBN 978-0-300-12076-9</ref>

	Though she survived the plague when it ravaged Geneva, Idelette died after a lengthy illness in 1549. Upon her deathbed she was patient, and her words, edifying, e.g.: "O God of Abraham, and of all our fathers, in thee have the faithful trusted during so many past ages, and none of them have trusted in vain. I also will hope".<ref name="auto"/>		Though she survived the plague when it ravaged Geneva, Idelette died after a lengthy illness in 1549. Upon her deathbed she was patient, and her words, edifying, e.g.: "O God of Abraham, and of all our fathers, in thee have the faithful trusted during so many past ages, and none of them have trusted in vain. I also will hope".<ref name="auto"/>
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	What Calvin wrote to [[Pierre Viret]] some days after her death will illustrate her character further.		What Calvin wrote to [[Pierre Viret]] some days after her death will illustrate her character further.

	''"I have been bereaved of the best companion of my life, of one who, had it been so ordered, would not only have been the willing sharer of my indigence, but even of my death. During her life she was the faithful helper of my ministry."'' —[[John Calvin]] , Letter to Pierre Viret, 1549		''"I have been bereaved of the best companion of my life, of one who, had it been so ordered, would not only have been the willing sharer of my indigence, but even of my death. During her life she was the faithful helper of my ministry."'' '''—[[John Calvin]] , Letter to Pierre Viret, 1549'''<ref>Steinmetz, David Curtis (1995), ''Calvin in Context'', Oxford University Press US, p. 15, ISBN 0-19-509165-5</ref>

	and,		and,

	''"From her I never experienced the slightest hindrance. She was never troublesome to me throughout the entire course of her illness; she was more anxious about her children than about herself. As I feared these private cares might annoy her to no purpose, I took occasion, on the third day before her death to mention that I would not fail in discharging my duty to her children. Taking up the matter immediately, she said, 'I have already committed them to God.' When I said that that was not to prevent me from caring for them, she replied, 'I know you will not neglect what you know has been committed to God.' Lately, also, when a certain woman insisted that she should talk with me regarding these matters, I, for the first time, heard her give the following brief answer: 'Assuredly the principal thing is that they live a pious and holy life. My husband is not to be urged to instruct them in religious knowledge and in the fear of God. If they be pious, I am sure he will gladly be a father to them; but if not, they do not deserve that I should ask for aught in their behalf.' This nobleness of mind will weigh more with me than a hundred recommendations."'' — [[John Calvin]], ''Letter to Pierre Viret, 1549''		''"From her I never experienced the slightest hindrance. She was never troublesome to me throughout the entire course of her illness; she was more anxious about her children than about herself. As I feared these private cares might annoy her to no purpose, I took occasion, on the third day before her death to mention that I would not fail in discharging my duty to her children. Taking up the matter immediately, she said, 'I have already committed them to God.' When I said that that was not to prevent me from caring for them, she replied, 'I know you will not neglect what you know has been committed to God.' Lately, also, when a certain woman insisted that she should talk with me regarding these matters, I, for the first time, heard her give the following brief answer: 'Assuredly the principal thing is that they live a pious and holy life. My husband is not to be urged to instruct them in religious knowledge and in the fear of God. If they be pious, I am sure he will gladly be a father to them; but if not, they do not deserve that I should ask for aught in their behalf.' This nobleness of mind will weigh more with me than a hundred recommendations."'' '''— [[John Calvin]], ''Letter to Pierre Viret, 1549'''''<ref>McKee, Elsie Anne (2001), ''John Calvin writings on pastoral piety'', Paulist Press, p. 54, ISBN 0-8091-4046-2</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	==Life==		==Life==
	Idelette de Bure was born in [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Liège Liège] and first married John Stordeur from the same city. At some stage they moved to [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg Strassburg] where they were recorded as being [[Anabaptism\|Anabaptists]]. Idelette and John Stordeur had two children (Charles, Judith) before Stordeur died after a brief illness, leaving Idelette a widow.<ref>~~{{Cite web\|url=~~http://www.the-highway.com/Idelette.html~~\|title=Idelette de Bure - Wife of Calvin\|website=www.the-highway.com\|accessdate=Aug 4, 2020}}~~</ref>		Idelette de Bure was born in [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Liège Liège] and first married John Stordeur from the same city. At some stage they moved to [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg Strassburg] where they were recorded as being [[Anabaptism\|Anabaptists]]. Idelette and John Stordeur had two children (Charles, Judith) before Stordeur died after a brief illness, leaving Idelette a widow.<ref>http://www.the-highway.com/Idelette.html</ref>

	Calvin was so caught up in his labors that he did not seem to consider marriage until age 30 or so. He asked friends to help him find a woman who was "chaste, obliging, not fastidious, economical, patient, and careful for (his) health".<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc8.iv.xi.viii.html\|title=Philip Schaff: History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation - Christian Classics Ethereal Library\|website=www.ccel.org\|accessdate=Aug 4, 2020}}</ref> His fellow laborer [[Martin Bucer]] had known Idelette and recommended her to Calvin in confidence that she would fit the bill. They married in August 1540.		Calvin was so caught up in his labors that he did not seem to consider marriage until age 30 or so. He asked friends to help him find a woman who was "chaste, obliging, not fastidious, economical, patient, and careful for (his) health".<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc8.iv.xi.viii.html\|title=Philip Schaff: History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation - Christian Classics Ethereal Library\|website=www.ccel.org\|accessdate=Aug 4, 2020}}</ref> His fellow laborer [[Martin Bucer]] had known Idelette and recommended her to Calvin in confidence that she would fit the bill. They married in August 1540.
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	*[[Anabaptist]]		*[[Anabaptist]]

	==~~References~~==		==Further reading==
	* Bainton, Roland (1974). ''Women of the Reformation in England and France''. Boston, MA: Beacon Press~~. {{ISBN\|0-8070-5649-9}}~~.		* Bainton, Roland (1974). ''Women of the Reformation in England and France''. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
	* Good, James I. (1901, 2007). ''Famous Women of the Reformed Church''. Birmingham, AL: Solid Ground Christian Books. ~~{{ISBN\|1-59925-123-X}}≈~~		* Good, James I. (1901, 2007). ''Famous Women of the Reformed Church''. Birmingham, AL: Solid Ground Christian Books.
	* Schaff, Philip. "History of the Christian Church" Vol. VIII. [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc8.html Work info: History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation - Christian Classics Ethereal Library]		* Schaff, Philip. "History of the Christian Church" Vol. VIII. [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc8.html Work info: History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation - Christian Classics Ethereal Library]
	* "Complete Works of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D.D." (1908). Appendix VI		* "Complete Works of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D.D." (1908). Appendix VI
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.the-highway.com/Idelette.html The Highway - Idelette de Bure]		*[http://www.the-highway.com/Idelette.html The Highway - Idelette de Bure]

			==References==

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	\| birth_date = 1500		\| birth_date = 1500
	\| birth_place = [[Liège]], [[Belgium]]		\| birth_place = [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Liège Liège], [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium Belgium]
	\| death_date = 1549		\| death_date = 1549
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	==Life==		==Life==
	Idelette de Bure was born in [[Liège]] and first married John Stordeur from the same city. At some stage they moved to [[Strasbourg\|Strassburg]] where they were recorded as being [[Anabaptists]]. Idelette and John Stordeur had two children (Charles, Judith) before Stordeur died after a brief illness, leaving Idelette a widow.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.the-highway.com/Idelette.html\|title=Idelette de Bure - Wife of Calvin\|website=www.the-highway.com\|accessdate=Aug 4, 2020}}</ref>		Idelette de Bure was born in [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Liège Liège] and first married John Stordeur from the same city. At some stage they moved to [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg Strassburg] where they were recorded as being [[Anabaptism\|Anabaptists]]. Idelette and John Stordeur had two children (Charles, Judith) before Stordeur died after a brief illness, leaving Idelette a widow.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.the-highway.com/Idelette.html\|title=Idelette de Bure - Wife of Calvin\|website=www.the-highway.com\|accessdate=Aug 4, 2020}}</ref>

	Calvin was so caught up in his labors that he did not seem to consider marriage until age 30 or so. He asked friends to help him find a woman who was "chaste, obliging, not fastidious, economical, patient, and careful for (his) health".<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc8.iv.xi.viii.html\|title=Philip Schaff: History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation - Christian Classics Ethereal Library\|website=www.ccel.org\|accessdate=Aug 4, 2020}}</ref> His fellow laborer [[~~Bucer\|~~Martin Bucer]] had known Idelette and recommended her to Calvin in confidence that she would fit the bill. They married in August 1540.		Calvin was so caught up in his labors that he did not seem to consider marriage until age 30 or so. He asked friends to help him find a woman who was "chaste, obliging, not fastidious, economical, patient, and careful for (his) health".<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc8.iv.xi.viii.html\|title=Philip Schaff: History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation - Christian Classics Ethereal Library\|website=www.ccel.org\|accessdate=Aug 4, 2020}}</ref> His fellow laborer [[Martin Bucer]] had known Idelette and recommended her to Calvin in confidence that she would fit the bill. They married in August 1540.

	Idelette bore Calvin one son and possibly a few daughters, all of whom died in infancy.<ref>{{Citation\|last=Gordon\|first=F. Bruce\|year=2009\|title=Calvin\|publisher=Yale University Press US\|isbn=978-0-300-12076-9\|page=[https://archive.org/details/calvin0000gord/page/88 88]\|url=https://archive.org/details/calvin0000gord/page/88}}</ref>		Idelette bore Calvin one son and possibly a few daughters, all of whom died in infancy.<ref>{{Citation\|last=Gordon\|first=F. Bruce\|year=2009\|title=Calvin\|publisher=Yale University Press US\|isbn=978-0-300-12076-9\|page=[https://archive.org/details/calvin0000gord/page/88 88]\|url=https://archive.org/details/calvin0000gord/page/88}}</ref>
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	What Calvin wrote to [[Pierre Viret]] some days after her death will illustrate her character further.		What Calvin wrote to [[Pierre Viret]] some days after her death will illustrate her character further.
	{{quote\|I have been bereaved of the best companion of my life, of one who, had it been so ordered, would not only have been the willing sharer of my indigence, but even of my death. During her life she was the faithful helper of my ministry.\|[[John Calvin]]\|''Letter to Pierre Viret, 1549'' <ref>{{Citation\|last=Steinmetz\|first=David Curtis\|year=1995\|title=Calvin in Context\|publisher=Oxford University Press US\|isbn=0-19-509165-5\|page=[https://archive.org/details/calvinincontext0000stei/page/15 15]\|url=https://archive.org/details/calvinincontext0000stei/page/15}}</ref>}}
	~~and,<br>~~
	{{quote\|From her I never experienced the slightest hindrance. She was never troublesome to me throughout the entire course of her illness; she was more anxious about her children than about herself. As I feared these private cares might annoy her to no purpose, I took occasion, on the third day before her death to mention that I would not fail in discharging my duty to her children. Taking up the matter immediately, she said, 'I have already committed them to God.' When I said that that was not to prevent me from caring for them, she replied, 'I know you will not neglect what you know has been committed to God.' Lately, also, when a certain woman insisted that she should talk with me regarding these matters, I, for the first time, heard her give the following brief answer: 'Assuredly the principal thing is that they live a pious and holy life. My husband is not to be urged to instruct them in religious knowledge and in the fear of God. If they be pious, I am sure he will gladly be a father to them; but if not, they do not deserve that I should ask for aught in their behalf.' This nobleness of mind will weigh more with me than a hundred recommendations.\|[[John Calvin]]\|''Letter to Pierre Viret, 1549'' <ref>{{Citation\|last=McKee\|first=Elsie Anne\|year=2001\|title=John Calvin writings on pastoral piety\|publisher=Paulist Press\|isbn=0-8091-4046-2\|page=54}}</ref>}}

	~~==Notes==~~		''"I have been bereaved of the best companion of my life, of one who, had it been so ordered, would not only have been the willing sharer of my indigence, but even of my death. During her life she was the faithful helper of my ministry."'' —[[John Calvin]] , Letter to Pierre Viret, 1549

	~~<references/>~~		and,

			''"From her I never experienced the slightest hindrance. She was never troublesome to me throughout the entire course of her illness; she was more anxious about her children than about herself. As I feared these private cares might annoy her to no purpose, I took occasion, on the third day before her death to mention that I would not fail in discharging my duty to her children. Taking up the matter immediately, she said, 'I have already committed them to God.' When I said that that was not to prevent me from caring for them, she replied, 'I know you will not neglect what you know has been committed to God.' Lately, also, when a certain woman insisted that she should talk with me regarding these matters, I, for the first time, heard her give the following brief answer: 'Assuredly the principal thing is that they live a pious and holy life. My husband is not to be urged to instruct them in religious knowledge and in the fear of God. If they be pious, I am sure he will gladly be a father to them; but if not, they do not deserve that I should ask for aught in their behalf.' This nobleness of mind will weigh more with me than a hundred recommendations."'' — [[John Calvin]], ''Letter to Pierre Viret, 1549''

	==See also==		==See also==

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| name = Idelette Stordeur de Bure (Boer) Calvin
| image = Idelette Calvin.jpg
| birth_name = Idelette de Bure
| birth_date = 1500
| birth_place = [[Liège]], [[Belgium]]
| death_date = 1549
| death_place =
| spouse = John Stordeur (until his death); [[John Calvin]]
| other_names =
| occupation = [[Housewife]]
| known_for = Only wife of [[John Calvin]]
}}
'''Idelette Stordeur de Bure Calvin''' (1500–1549) was the wife of the [[France|French]] reformer [[John Calvin]] (Jean Cauvin).

==Life==
Idelette de Bure was born in [[Liège]] and first married John Stordeur from the same city. At some stage they moved to [[Strasbourg|Strassburg]] where they were recorded as being [[Anabaptists]]. Idelette and John Stordeur had two children (Charles, Judith) before Stordeur died after a brief illness, leaving Idelette a widow.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-highway.com/Idelette.html|title=Idelette de Bure - Wife of Calvin|website=www.the-highway.com|accessdate=Aug 4, 2020}}</ref>

Calvin was so caught up in his labors that he did not seem to consider marriage until age 30 or so. He asked friends to help him find a woman who was "chaste, obliging, not fastidious, economical, patient, and careful for (his) health".<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc8.iv.xi.viii.html|title=Philip Schaff: History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation - Christian Classics Ethereal Library|website=www.ccel.org|accessdate=Aug 4, 2020}}</ref> His fellow laborer [[Bucer|Martin Bucer]] had known Idelette and recommended her to Calvin in confidence that she would fit the bill. They married in August 1540.

Idelette bore Calvin one son and possibly a few daughters, all of whom died in infancy.<ref>{{Citation|last=Gordon|first=F. Bruce|year=2009|title=Calvin|publisher=Yale University Press US|isbn=978-0-300-12076-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/calvin0000gord/page/88 88]|url=https://archive.org/details/calvin0000gord/page/88}}</ref>

Though she survived the plague when it ravaged Geneva, Idelette died after a lengthy illness in 1549. Upon her deathbed she was patient, and her words, edifying, e.g.: "O God of Abraham, and of all our fathers, in thee have the faithful trusted during so many past ages, and none of them have trusted in vain. I also will hope".<ref name="auto"/>

==Calvin on Idelette==

What Calvin wrote to [[Pierre Viret]] some days after her death will illustrate her character further.
{{quote|I have been bereaved of the best companion of my life, of one who, had it been so ordered, would not only have been the willing sharer of my indigence, but even of my death. During her life she was the faithful helper of my ministry.|[[John Calvin]]|''Letter to Pierre Viret, 1549'' <ref>{{Citation|last=Steinmetz|first=David Curtis|year=1995|title=Calvin in Context|publisher=Oxford University Press US|isbn=0-19-509165-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/calvinincontext0000stei/page/15 15]|url=https://archive.org/details/calvinincontext0000stei/page/15}}</ref>}}
and,<br>
{{quote|From her I never experienced the slightest hindrance. She was never troublesome to me throughout the entire course of her illness; she was more anxious about her children than about herself. As I feared these private cares might annoy her to no purpose, I took occasion, on the third day before her death to mention that I would not fail in discharging my duty to her children. Taking up the matter immediately, she said, 'I have already committed them to God.' When I said that that was not to prevent me from caring for them, she replied, 'I know you will not neglect what you know has been committed to God.' Lately, also, when a certain woman insisted that she should talk with me regarding these matters, I, for the first time, heard her give the following brief answer: 'Assuredly the principal thing is that they live a pious and holy life. My husband is not to be urged to instruct them in religious knowledge and in the fear of God. If they be pious, I am sure he will gladly be a father to them; but if not, they do not deserve that I should ask for aught in their behalf.' This nobleness of mind will weigh more with me than a hundred recommendations.|[[John Calvin]]|''Letter to Pierre Viret, 1549'' <ref>{{Citation|last=McKee|first=Elsie Anne|year=2001|title=John Calvin writings on pastoral piety|publisher=Paulist Press|isbn=0-8091-4046-2|page=54}}</ref>}}

==Notes==

<references/>

==See also==

*[[John Calvin]]
*[[Anabaptist]]

==References==
* Bainton, Roland (1974). ''Women of the Reformation in England and France''. Boston, MA: Beacon Press. {{ISBN|0-8070-5649-9}}.
* Good, James I. (1901, 2007). ''Famous Women of the Reformed Church''. Birmingham, AL: Solid Ground Christian Books. {{ISBN|1-59925-123-X}}≈
* Schaff, Philip. "History of the Christian Church" Vol. VIII. [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/hcc8.html Work info: History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation - Christian Classics Ethereal Library]
* "Complete Works of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D.D." (1908). Appendix VI
* Edna Gerstner (1963/1992). ``Idelette ``. Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan. {{ISBN|1-877611-54-9}}

==External links==
*[http://www.the-highway.com/Idelette.html The Highway - Idelette de Bure]