Péter Bod or Peter Bod (February 22, 1712 – 1768) was a Hungarian theologian and historian.

Biography

Bod was born Feb. 22, 1712, at Felső-Csernáton, in

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. He studied at Nagy-Enyed, where he also was appointed librarian and professor of

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. In 1740 he went to

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to complete his theological studies. After his return, in 1743, he was appointed chaplain to the countess

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, and in 1749 he was called to Magyar-Igen as pastor of the

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, and died there in 1768. In his native language he wrote, ''History of the Reformed Bishops of Transylvania'' (Nagy-Enyed, 1766); in Latin he published, ''Hungarorum quorumdam Principum ex Epitaphiis Renovata of Memoria'' (2 vols. 1764- 1766): — ''Historia Unitariorum in Transylvania'' (posthumous, Leyden, 1781).

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Bod Péter
1712 births 1768 deaths People from Covasna County Hungarian librarians Hungarian Calvinist and Reformed clergy 18th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-reli-bio-stub