Embittered by the factional struggles within the church and attracted by reformation movements in Europe, he may have visited Geneva, then under the sway of Calvinism.
सिरिल लूकारियस यांचा जन्म १५७२ साली व्हेनिसच्या कह्‍यात असलेल्या कॅन्डिया, (आजचे ईराक्लीओ) क्रीट मध्ये झाला.