Guillaume Briçonnet (Bishop)
Guillaume Briçonnet (* 1470 in Paris , † January 24, 1534 in Aimans (today: Esmans ) near Montereau-Fault-Yonne in what was then Burgundy ) was a Reformation -minded French bishop . Guillaume Briçonnet was the son of the cardinal of the same name .
Life
As Bishop of Meaux , he took over ideas from Erasmus of Rotterdam and Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples from 1518 . Under the protection of Margaret of Navarre , he introduced church reforms in his diocese and in 1521 appointed Lefèvre as vicar general . He brought a group of friends and students to Meaux, including Guillaume Farel . After Lefèvre's translation of the Bible was condemned and burned in 1525, Briçonnet submitted to the Church; the circle around Lefèvre dissolved.
literature
- G. Bouet-Maury: Briconnet, Guillaume . In: Realencyklopadie for Protestant Theology and Church (RE). 3. Edition. Volume 3, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1897, pp. 396-398.
- Entry on Guillaume Briçonnet on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Guillaume Briçonnet. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 746-747.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jean IV. De Corguilleray |
Bishop of Lodève 1489–1516 |
Denis Briçonnet |
| Louis II. Pinelle |
Bishop of Meaux 1516–1534 |
Antoine Duprat |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Briçonnet, Guillaume |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Meaux |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1470 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1534 |
| Place of death | Aimans at Montereau-Fault-Yonne , Burgundy |