Christophe de Beaumont
Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire (born July 26, 1703 in La Roque Castle near Saint-Cyprien , † December 12, 1781 in Paris ) was a French clergyman. He became Bishop of Bayonne in 1741 , Archbishop of Vienne in 1745 and Archbishop of Paris in 1746 .
Live and act
He was the son of François de Beaumont, Comte de La Roque, and his second wife Anne-Marie de Lostanges, Dame de Saint Alvaire (approx. 1667–1747).
On June 19, 1734 he was ordained a priest for the diocese of Blois . The episcopal ordination donated to him on December 24, 1741 Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac , the Archbishop of Tours ; Co- consecrators were Gaspard de La Valette de Thomas , Bishop of Autun , and François de Crussol d'Uzès , Bishop of Blois, who had already ordained him a priest .
Christophe de Beaumont is known as an opponent of Jansenism and for his disputes with the French parliament , which banned him four times because of its order that the dying should only be offered the sacraments on presentation of a confession slip . Finally, in August 1754, the king forced him by lettre de cachet to retreat into honorable exile ( house arrest ). Beaumont warned unsuccessfully of the danger of revolution and was in this context a declared opponent of Jean-Jacques Rousseau . In a sharp letter he turned against the great educational novel Émile ou de l'éducation ( Emile or about education ), which was confiscated in France immediately after publication and condemned by the Paris Parliament . In 1763 Rousseau replied to him in a letter of defense ( La lettre à Christophe de Beaumont ).
literature
- Jean Secret: Chateaux en Périgord. Jacques Delmas et Cie., 1955.
- Henning Ritter (Ed.), Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Writings, 1st (of 2). Ullstein materials 35120. Ullstein, Munich 1978; again in 1993 ISBN 3-548-35120-4 , pp. 497-589: Letter in defense of the "Émile" .
Web links
- Works by and about Christophe de Beaumont in the German Digital Library
- Entry on Christophe de Beaumont du Repaire on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 11, 2016.
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jacques-Bonne Gigault de Bellefonds |
Archbishop of Paris 1746–1781 |
Antoine Eleonore Léon Leclerc de Juigné |
| Henri Oswald de la Tour d'Auvergne |
Archbishop of Vienne 1745–1746 |
Jean d'Yse de Saléon |
| Jacques-Bonne Gigault de Bellefonds |
Bishop of Bayonne 1741–1745 |
Guillaume d'Arche |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beaumont, Christophe de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beaumont du Repaire, Christophe de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French archbishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1703 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Roque Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1781 |
| Place of death | Paris |