OCHINO, 4-kir'nti. BERNARDINO (14S7-1566). An preacher and theologian, horn at Siena. lle entered the Franviscan Order, and then the still more ascetic Order of the Capu chins, of which he was made general in 1538 and reidected in 1541. for his preach ing, by Charles V., he rose to be confessor to Pope Paul III. The Reformation had begun to make converts in Italy, and (Ohm's friends, among whom were Juan de Vahhis and Vittoria Colonna, were suspected of leanings toward heresy. Ilk sermons delivered at Venice (1539) showed the influence of the Reformation, but no active step was taken until 1542. when he was commanded to appear before the ImplisitMn in Ronne and answer certain charges. Fearing the eonsequences, ()chino made his way to Geneva. Here he published some sermons of a Cal vinistie nature, under the title Prediehe (1542 44 ), translated into German (1545), French 11546 and 1561), and English (1548). But with
Calvin himself he could not agree. Ile left, Geneva and wandered into Germany. spending sonic time at Augsburg 11545-17) as pastor of the Italian Protestant church there. Ile then went to London (1547-53), where he hecame prebendary of Canterbury, and was pensioned by Edward VI. llis Truficdy, written in London. is supposed to have influenced Milton's Paradise Lost. in 1555 he went to Zurich, but his con gregation was scandahzed by his doctrines con cerning polygamy and the Trinity, and he moved on to CraCI)W. Here, again, his sermons were criti cised, and be died not long afterwards at SAM ckan in Moravia. Consult lienrath, B. ()chino ron Si( ((a (Leipzig, 1875. and Brunswick, 1892; English translation, New York. 1877).