François Du Puy
François Du Puy (also François Dupuis or François Dupuy, Latin: Francisco de Puteo ) (* 1450 in Saint-Bonnet-le-Château ; † September 15, 1521 in the Grande Chartreuse ) was a French jurist , canon , clergyman, monk and Late Middle Ages humanist . He was canon of Notre-Dame and Saint-Pierre lès Valence and between 1488 and 1500 under Laurent Alleman Vicar General of Grenoble . In 1500 he entered the Grande Chartreuse and in 1503 became prior of the Charterhouse and thus General Minister of the Carthusian Order .
Born to Pierre du Puy, he studied law and received his doctorate in law .
Du Puy was the postulator at the beatification of Saint Bruno , the founder of the Carthusian Order . For this he wrote a biography.
Works
- Traité de la visite pastoral
- Synodal statutes of 1495: Nove Constitutiones seu statuta synodalia Ecclesie gratianopolitane
- Grand Pouillé de 1497
- Troisième compilation of the statutes de l'ordre des chartreux: Statuta et privilegia ordinis Cartusiensis , Bâle, 1510–1511
- Commentaire des Psaumes: Catena aurea super Psalmos Paris, 1510
- Biography of Saint Bruno: Vita Sancti Brunonis, primi institutoris ordinis cartusiensis , Basel, 1515
- Grand Cartulaire, collection of ancient files from the Charterhouse: Cartularii de litteris instrumentis et aliis documentis Majoris Domus Cartusie
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| SURNAME | Du Puy, François |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Puteo, Francisco de; Dupuis, François; Dupuy, François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jurist, canon, clergyman, monk and humanist of the late Middle Ages |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1450 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Bonnet-le-Château |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1521 |
| Place of death | Grande Chartreuse |