Esprit Fléchier
Valentin Esprit Fléchier (born June 10, 1632 in Pernes-les-Fontaines , Département Vaucluse , † February 16, 1710 in Montpellier , Département Hérault ) was a well-known French bishop, pulpit speaker and writer.
Life
Fléchier, from the county of Venaissin , was a member of the Jesuit order for a time . He later worked as a lecturer in rhetoric in Narbonne and went to Paris in 1659. There he soon became one of the best pulpit speakers and was also seen in the Hôtel de Rambouillet , the literary salon of the Marquise of Rambouillet .
In 1673, the same year as Jean Racine , Fléchier was accepted into the Académie française as the successor to the writer Antoine Godeau (Fauteuil 10). King Louis XIV appointed Fléchier bishop of Lavaur in 1685 and he took over the bishopric of Nîmes for two years . There Fléchier founded a small scientific academy and directed it for several years.
Esprit Fléchier died on February 16, 1710 in Montpellier at the age of 77.
Works (selection)
- History of the Emperor Theodos the Great ("Histoire de Théodose le Grand, pour Monseigneur le Dauphin"). Publisher Horn, Leipzig 1765.
- Life of the famous cardinal Franz Ximenez von Cisneros ("Histoire du cardinal Ximenès"). Ettlinger publishing house, Würzburg 1828 (2 volumes).
- Sermons and praise sermons from different saints and the majority of HH. Order donors (“ Panégyriques et autres sermons”). Wohler Verlag, Konstanz 1712/13 (2 volumes).
- Oraison funèbres . Paris 1878.
See also
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Fléchier, Esprit. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 52-53.
Web links
- Works by and about Esprit Fléchier in the German Digital Library
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fléchier, esprit |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fléchier, Valentin Esprit; Fléchier, Valentin-Esprit |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French pulpit speaker and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1632 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pernes-les-Fontaines , Vaucluse department |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1710 |
| Place of death | Montpellier |