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François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac (4 August 1604 in Paris – 27 July 1676) was a French author and cleric. The father of François Hédelin was Claude Hédelin, a lawyer at the Parliament, and his mother Catherine Paré, the daughter of the famous surgeon Ambroise Paré .
Gérard Roussel (1500–1550) was a French cleric, a student of Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples and later a member, with his former teacher, of the Circle of Meaux around Guillaume Briçonnet, bishop of Meaux. [1]
Louis du Tillet was a French cleric and one-time friend of John Calvin. He was the fourth son of Elie du Tillet, and entered the church, becoming at canon of Angoulême Cathedral and holding a curacy at Claix. [1] du Tillet became friends with Calvin, who took refuge at the du Tillet estate in late 1533, and taught Louis Greek. [2]
Thoinot Arbeau is the anagrammatic pen name of French cleric Jehan Tabourot (March 17, 1520 – July 23, 1595). [1] Tabourot is most famous for his Orchésographie, a study of late sixteenth-century French Renaissance social dance. He was born in Dijon and died in Langres.
The French monarchs, instead of settling their debts, made fresh loans based on this revenue, paid by the Church, as if it were to be something permanent. After lengthy discussions, the clergy assembled at Melun (1579–80) consented to renew the contract for ten years, a measure destined to be repeated every decade until the French Revolution ...
Also known as Richard de Bellevue, [1] Richard de Saint-Léger (born in Fécamp, parish of Saint-Léger, and died on April 4, 1236), was a 13th-century French clergyman, abbot of Bec and then bishop of Évreux. [2]
Claude Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (died 8 January 1698, Paris) was a French cleric. He was the son of François Le Tonnelier, seigneur de Breteuil et de Boisette, intendant des finances, and his wife Anne de Chaulmes. He was made bishop of Boulogne in 1682, succeeding Nicolas Ladvocat-Billiard.
Peter of Blois (Latin: Petrus Blesensis; French: Pierre de Blois; c. 1130 – c. 1211) was a French cleric, theologian, poet and diplomat. He is particularly noted for his corpus of Latin letters. He is particularly noted for his corpus of Latin letters.