Caspar Olevian

Caspar Olevian (or Kaspar Olevianus; 10 August 1536 – 15 March 1587) was a significant German Reformed theologian during the Protestant Reformation and along with Zacharias Ursinus was said to be co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism.

[1][2] Born in Trier, Olevian was the son of a baker and attended a course of humanist studies in Paris.

In 1560 he was invited by Frederick III, Elector Palatine to teach at the University of Heidelberg.

After the Elector's death his son Louis VI, Elector Palatine, who was strongly Lutheran in conviction, attempted to turn the school away from the Reformed doctrine of the Heidelberg catechism.

There, in 1578, he published a commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians, with a preface by Theodore Beza.