{{short description|16th-century Dominican theologian}}
'''Guy Furbity''' (fl. early 16th century) was a Dominican friar and a doctor of theology from the Sorbonne who was imprisoned for his opposition to the Genevan Reformation.
He was attached to the friary at Montmélian in Savoy.<ref name=DHS />
He arrived in Geneva in December 1533 to preach during Advent.<ref name=DHS>{{Cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse (DHS)|title=Furbity, Guy |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/025657/2005-08-03/ |access-date=2025-09-01|language=fr}}</ref> The vehemence of his attacks against the evangelical preachers provoked a response from Bern, which threatened to break its ''combourgeoisie'' (alliance) with Geneva unless Furbity retracted his statements.<ref name=DHS />
Despite the interventions of the bishop, Pierre de la Baume the Genevan authorities imprisoned him and arranged for him to face William Farel in a public disputation held from 27 to 30 January 1534.<ref name=DHS /> Furbity remained in prison until April 1536, when the Genevan authorities released him at the request of King Francis I.<ref name=DHS />
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