{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} '''Jacques (Joaquim) Merlin''' (c. 1480 – 26 September 1541) was a French theologian and book editor, best remembered for his pioneering two volume collection of church councils, the Quatuor concilia generalia printed in 1524.
Jacques was born in Saint-Victurnien. He became a doctor of theology at the College of Navarre in 1499. He then taught divinity at Limoges Cathedral.<ref name="M&S">{{cite web |title=Merlin, Jacques (1) |url=https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/M/merlin-jacques-(1).html |website=McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online |publisher=Harper and Brothers |accessdate=18 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
He died in Paris in 1541 and was buried in the crypt of Notre-Dame.
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