Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont

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Hardouin de Beaumont de Péréfixe

Paul Philippe Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont (* 1606 in Beaumont (Vienne), † January 1, 1671 in Paris ) was a French clergyman and historian.

Life

As the son of a court master (Maître d'hôtel) of Richelieu , he studied at the University of Poitiers and in Paris, where he received his doctorate from the Sorbonne . In 1644 he became tutor of Louis XIV , who also appointed him his confessor. In 1649 he became Bishop of Rodez and in 1654 a member of the Académie française . In 1662 the French king appointed him Archbishop of Paris .

Hardouin de Péréfixe engaged in the fight against Jansenism and in 1664 published an ordinance by which the sisters of Port Royal des Champs were obliged to sign the form condemning the Jansenist theses drawn up by Pope Alexander VII in 1656 . He earned a reputation of intransigence and let the 1667 Tartuffe by Molière one day after the public premiere at the Palais Royal , on pain of excommunication ban. At the same time he enjoyed the favor of Louis XIV throughout his life, which earned him the ironic designation bonhomme (which can mean both “man's image ” and “idiot”) from Racine .

Histoire du Roy Henri le Grand

After writing Latin verses for the young king's son in 1647, he wrote a story of Henry the Great for him , which appeared in 1661. Voltaire praised this book, while Sainte-Beuve described the author as a characterless person.

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  • Jacques Gaudin: Oraison funèbre de Messire Hardouin de Perefixe de Beaumont, archevesque de Paris ... par Monsieur Gaudin ... [Eglise de Sorbonne, 4 févr. 1671] chez Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1671. Digitized in the Google book search

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Short biography on the website of the Archdiocese of Paris, accessed on February 2, 2016
  2. ^ Histoire du Roy Henri le Grand, online
  3. ↑ see short biography of the Académie française
predecessor Office successor
Pierre de Marca Archbishop of Paris
1664–1671 		François de Harlay de Champvallon
personal data
SURNAME Beaumont, Hardouin de Péréfixe de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French clergyman and historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1606
PLACE OF BIRTH Beaumont (Vienne)
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1671
Place of death Paris