Samuel Naeranus[1] (1582–1641) was a Dutch Remonstrant minister and Neo-Latin poet, exiled in 1619 after the Synod of Dort.
He was born in Dordrecht, where his father Servatius was a preacher, and attended the Latin school there under Rekenarius, moving to Amsterdam when his teacher did.
[8] He participated in the Synod of Dort, where he complained during the 46th and 54th sessions of the injustice of the Remonstrants not being allowed to present their own views.
His Onderwysinge in de Christelijcke religie was the first short Remonstrant catechism, and reached a fourth edition in 1664 (Rotterdam);[2] it was subjected to criticism by Abraham Heidanus, and supported by Simon Episcopius.
[11] Samuel helped Franciscus Junius the Younger with translation from Greek for his De pictura veterum (1637).