Before his death in Paris, he requested to be buried at night, and his widow's open profession of
Protestantism at
Geneva (where she retired after his death), caused him to be suspected of leanings towards
Calvinism. Sections of his correspondence with Erasmus also suggest this religious inclination. At the time of the
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, the members of his family were obliged to flee from France. Some took refuge in
Switzerland, where they worthily upheld the traditions of their house, while others settled in
Swedish Pomerania under the name Budde or Buddeus (see
Johann Franz Buddeus). Budé was also the author of
Annotationes in XXIV. libros Pandectarum (1508), which, by the application of
philology and
history, had a great influence on the study of
Roman law, and of
Commentarii linguae Graecae (1529), an extensive collection of lexicographical notes, which contributed greatly to the study of
Greek literature in France.
Epistolae (1520, 8vo) is a collection that contains only a small part of the voluminous correspondence of Bude, written in Greek with remarkable purity. Budé corresponded with the most learned men of his time, amongst them
Erasmus, who called him the "marvel of France", and
Thomas More. He wrote with equal facility in Greek and Latin. == Works ==