25 September 1627 A.D. Jacques B. Bossuet Born—Jesuit-Trained French Bishop, Anti-Huguenot, Anti-Jansenist, Anti-Ultramontanist, & Supporter of the Revocation of Nantes (1685)
25 September 1627 A.D. Jacques B. Bossuet Born—Jesuit-Trained French Bishop, Anti-Huguenot, Anti-Jansenist, Anti-Ultramontanist, & Supporter of the Revocation of Nantes (1685) Truchet, Jacques. “Jacques-Benigne Bossuet.” Encyclopedia Britannica. N.d. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/74828/Jacques-Benigne-Bossuet/762/The-Gallican-controversy . Accessed 24 May 2014. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet , (born Sept. 25, 1627, Dijon , Fr.—died April 12, 1704, Paris ), bishop who was the most eloquent and influential spokesman for the rights of the French church against papal authority . He is now chiefly remembered for his literary works, including funeral panegyrics for great personages. Early life and priesthood. Bossuet was born of a family of magistrates. He spent his first 15 years in Dijon and was educated at the Jesuit college there. Intended early for an ecclesiastical career, he was tonsured at the age...