Charles Maurice Le Tellier
Charles Maurice Le Tellier (born July 16, 1642 in Turin in the Duchy of Savoy (now in Piedmont in Italy ), † February 22, 1710 in Reims ) was a French Catholic clergyman of the 17th and 18th centuries , peer of France and from 1671 Archbishop of Reims until his death .
Life
Charles Maurice Le Tellier was the second son of Michel Le Tellier , State Secretary for Warfare under Louis XIII. , and Elisabeth Turpin was born. His older brother, François Michel , later became Minister of War and Marquis de Louvois under Louis XIV .
Early on he was envisaged by his family for a spiritual career and studied theology at the Sorbonne University in Paris , where he successfully completed his academic training with a doctorate .
Although he was appointed Commendatarabbot of Daoulas Abbey by Louis XIV in 1666 , Le Tellier had already had benefices from spiritual lordship since 1651, at the age of nine . From 1662 he was also the abbey of Saint-Bénigne and from 1668 the monastery of St-Étienne de Caen as titular abbot.
In 1668 Le Tellier became coadjutor of the diocese of Langres and the archbishopric of Reims; on November 11th of the same year the Archbishop of Reims, Antonio Barberini , assisted by Cardinal Pierre du Cambout de Coislin , consecrated him Titular Archbishop of Nazianz .
From 1665 until his death, Le Tellier was in charge of the royal court orchestra of Louis XIV; the liturgical services for this were performed by him before the inauguration of the new palace chapel in Versailles in both the Sainte-Chapelle and the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral .
On August 3, 1671, at the age of only 29, Charles Maurice Le Tellier was appointed Archbishop of Reims and thus held the highest ecclesiastical office in France.
Le Tellier is considered one of the most important collectors of rare and historically important writings and books of his time - after his death he bequeathed his collection to the Sainte-Geneviève library in Paris, thus laying the foundation for the holdings of one of the most important libraries in France.
literature
- Joseph Gillet: Charles-Maurice Le Tellier. Paris 1881, page 12 ff.
- Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve: Port-Royal. Hachette, Paris 1900.
- Luc-Normand Tellier: Face aux Colbert: les Le Tellier, Vauban, Turgot ... et l'avènement du libéralisme. Presses de l'Université du Québec, Québec 1987.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Barberini |
Archbishop of Reims 1671–1710 |
François de Mailly |
| Jules Mazarin |
Abbot of Saint-Bénigne 1662–1710 |
Pierre Desmarets |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Le Tellier, Charles Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of Reims |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1642 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1710 |
| Place of death | Reims |