Antoine de Malvin de Montazet
Antoine II. De Malvin de Montazet (born August 17, 1713 in Laugnac ; † May 2, 1788 in Paris ) was a French theologian who was assigned to the Jansenist movement .
Life
Antoine II. De Malvin de Montazet, a son of Jeanne-Françoise de Fontanges de Maumont and Charles de Malvin (1666-1731), the Chevalier Baron de Montazet, Seigneur of Quissac and Boussères, was at the Château Quissac in the municipality of Laugnac in Lot-et-Garonne department was born. His parents married on February 7, 1709 in Villiers-sur-Orge . Nothing is known about his youth.
De Malvin de Montazet embarked on a spiritual career. At the end of 1742 he became chaplain of the French King Louis XV. and in 1743 head of the Nogent-sous-Coucy Abbey . On March 15, 1748 he was made Bishop of Autun and consecrated on March 18, 1748 by François de Fitz-James , Bishop of Soissons . In the same year, 1748, de Malvin de Montazet became head of the Abbey of Monthiers-en-Argonne . From 1756 he was a member of the Académie française , but did not write any significant literary work. After the death of the French Cardinal Pierre Guérin de Tencin , he acted as Archbishop of Lyon from March 16, 1758 . On March 31, 1759 he was made Archbishop of Lyon; an office that he held until his death in 1788. From 1764 to 1788 he was head of the Abbey of St-Victor in Paris. In 1775 he became head of Fontenay Abbey .
De Malvin de Montazet was one of the brilliant minds of his time and was a good speaker. Over the years he had many arguments with the Archbishop of Paris, Christophe de Beaumont , on spiritual matters . The last years of de Malvin de Montazet's life were overshadowed by problems and several scandals. Although he was not one of the appellants and avoided any formal opposition to the papal bull Unigenitus Dei filius of 1713, he was regarded as their avowed opponent. For the seminary of his diocese, de Malvin de Montazet had the oratorian Joseph Valla publish six volumes of the Institutiones Theologicae . These were known as Theologie de Lyon and spread throughout Italy by the Bishop of Pistoia and Prato , Scipione de 'Ricci , until they were finally placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum in 1792 .
Major works
- Lettre à l'Archevêque de Paris, Lyon, 1760
- Mandement contre l'Histoire du peuple de Dieu de Berruyer, Lyon, 1762
- Catéchisme, Lyon, 1768
- Instruction pastorale sur les sources de l'incrédulité et les fondements de la religion, Paris, 1776
- Rituel du diocèse de Lyon, Volume 3, Lyon, 1788
literature
- Jean Chrétien Ferdinand Hoefer: Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours, avec les renseignements bibliographiques et l'indication des sources à consulter , 1853
- François-Xavier de Feller (SJ) and Felix De Pachtere: Dictionnaire historique ou Histoire abrégée des hommes qui se sont fait un nom par le génie, les talens, ... , Fr. Lemarié, 1797, p. 437f
Web links
- Antoine de Malvin de Montazet on the Académie française website
- Antoine de Malvin de Montazet on the website of catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Antoine de Malvin de Montazet on the New Advent website
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Gaspard de Thomas de La Valette |
Bishop of Autun 1748 - 1758 |
Nicolas II de Bouillé |
| Pierre Guérin de Tencin |
Archbishop of Lyon 1758 - 1788 |
Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Malvin de Montazet, Antoine de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Malvin de Montazet, Antoine II. De |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French archbishop and abbot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 17, 1713 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laugnac , Kingdom of France |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1788 |
| Place of death | Paris , Kingdom of France |