# Jacques Merlin

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**Jacques (Joaquim) Merlin** (c. 1480 – 26 September 1541) was a [French](/source/French_people) [theologian](/source/Theologian) and book editor, best remembered for his pioneering two volume collection of church councils, the [Quatuor concilia generalia](/source/Quatuor_concilia_generalia) printed in 1524.

Jacques was born in [Saint-Victurnien](/source/Saint-Victurnien). He became a doctor of theology at the [College of Navarre](/source/College_of_Navarre) in 1499. He then taught [divinity](/source/Divinity) at [Limoges Cathedral](/source/Limoges_Cathedral).[1]

He died in Paris in 1541 and was buried in the crypt of [Notre-Dame](/source/Notre-Dame_de_Paris).

## References

1. ["Merlin, Jacques (1)"](https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/M/merlin-jacques-(1).html). *McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online*. Harper and Brothers. Retrieved 18 September 2020.

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