# David Ancillon

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**David Ancillon** (17 March 1617 in [Metz](/source/Metz) – 3 September 1692) was a French [Huguenot](/source/Huguenot) pastor and author.[1]

At sixteen, he went to [Geneva](/source/Geneva) to study theology and, in 1641, was appointed minister of [Meaux](/source/Meaux). In 1653, he accepted a post in his native Metz. The [revocation](/source/Revocation_of_the_Edict_of_Nantes) of the [Edict of Nantes](/source/Edict_of_Nantes) in 1685 compelled him to move to [Frankfort](/source/Frankfort_on_Main). He then moved to [Hanau](/source/Hanau) and then [Berlin](/source/Berlin), where he died on 3 September 1692. He was the father of [Charles Ancillon](/source/Charles_Ancillon).

## Biography

Son of a lawyer, David Ancillon was born in Metz. This French city was under the protection of the King of France [Louis XIII](/source/Louis_XIII). He came from a line of notable Protestants, who were established in the Lorraine region.

When he was only 9 years old, young David was sent to [Jesuits](/source/Society_of_Jesus)'s college. The Jesuits quickly noticed the [oratorical](/source/Public_speaking) and erudite qualities of the boy and tried several times, though without success, to convert him to [Catholicism](/source/Catholic_Church).

David Ancillon left to study Protestant theology in [Geneva](/source/Geneva) in 1633. In 1641, at the synod of Charenton, he was received as a minister and installed in [Meaux](/source/Meaux).

## References

1. Vol. II. p. 9.

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