John Calvin

===Last illness===
[[File:La revolución religiosa, 1880 "Últimos momentos de Calvino". (4133283856).jpg|thumb|The last moments of Calvin (Barcelona: Montaner y Simón, 1880–1883)]]
[[File:Tombe Calvin.jpg|right|thumb|Traditional grave of Calvin in the [[Cimetière des Rois|Cimetière de Plainpalais]] in Geneva; the exact location of his grave is unknown.]]

In late 1558, Calvin became ill with a fever. Since he was afraid that he might die before completing the final revision of the ''Institutes'', he forced himself to work. The final edition was greatly expanded to the extent that Calvin referred to it as a new work. The expansion from the 21 chapters of the previous edition to 80 was due to the extended treatment of existing material rather than the addition of new topics.<ref>{{Harvnb|Parker|2006|pp=161–164}}</ref> Shortly after he recovered, he strained his voice while preaching, which brought on a violent fit of coughing. He burst a blood-vessel in his lungs, and his health steadily declined. He preached his final sermon in St. Pierre on 6 February 1564. On 25 April, he made his will, in which he left small sums to his family and to the ''collège''. A few days later, the ministers of the church came to visit him, and he bade his final farewell, which was recorded in ''Discours d'adieu aux ministres''. He recounted his life in Geneva, sometimes recalling bitterly some of the hardships he had suffered. Calvin died on 27 May 1564 aged 54. At first his body lay in state, but since so many people came to see it, the reformers were afraid that they would be accused of fostering a new saint's cult. On the following day, he was buried in an unmarked grave in the [[Cimetière des Rois]].<ref>{{Harvnb|McGrath|1990|pp=195–196}}; {{Harvnb|Cottret|2000|pp=259–262}}; {{Harvnb|Parker|2006|pp=185–191}}</ref> The exact location of the grave is unknown; a stone was added in the 19th century to mark a grave traditionally thought to be Calvin's.<ref>{{Citation | last = Rossel | first=Patrice | title =Une visite du cimetière de Plainpalais | publisher=Les Iles futures | year=1994}}; {{citation| last=Palfi|first=Véronique|title=Le Cimetière des Rois, De l'hôpital des pestiférés au cimetière de Plainpalais, Cinq siècle d'histoire, étude historique pour la Conservation architecturale de la Ville de Genève|year=2003}}</ref>