Henri de Nesmond

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Henri de Nesmond (also: Henry de Nesmond ) (* 1644 in Bordeaux ; † 27 May 1727 in Toulouse ) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop and a member of the Académie française .

family

De Nesmond came from an old noble family in the Bordeaux and Angoulême region , from which numerous civil servants, naval officers and bishops emerged. He was the younger brother of the naval commander André de Nesmond (1641-1702) and the cousin of the Bishop of Bayeux , François de Nesmond (1629-1715). His (plausible) date of birth 1644 was determined by the latest historical regional research. The Système universitaire de documentation mentions the number 1645. The often mentioned date 1655 (presumably misspelling for 1645) may be considered obsolete because his father of the same name died around 1651.

Act

De Nesmond embarked on a spiritual career and received his doctorate in theology from the Sorbonne . In 1682 he took over from his cousin François batch of Kommendatarabts the Maurists -Abtei Saint-Pierre in Chézy . He was appointed Bishop of Montauban by the King in 1687 , but was not confirmed in his office by the Pope until 1692 and consecrated in 1693. He laid the foundation stone for the new construction of the Montauban Cathedral . From 1695 he was a member of the Parlement in Toulouse.

In 1703 he moved from Montauban to the archbishopric of Albi . In 1710 he was accepted into the Académie française (seat no. 10). In 1712 he became Commendatarabbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Pierre in Mas-Grenier . In 1719 he moved from Albi to the archbishopric of Toulouse (confirmed by the Pope in 1722). In 1721 he became a member ( mainteneur ) of the Académie des Jeux floraux (seat no. 8) in Toulouse , which Simon de La Loubère , his colleague from the Académie française, had founded. Before his old age in 1727, he bequeathed his property to the Toulouse poorhouse La Grave. His grave slab is in the Augustinian Museum ( Musée des Augustins ) in Toulouse.

Nesmond, considered a brilliant speaker at court, left no literary writings. His collected speeches and sermons appeared posthumously in 1754.

literature

  • S. Silvia Marzagalli (Ed.): Bordeaux et la marine de guerre. XVIIe – XXe siècles. Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 2002, pp. 15-28.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Silvia Marzagalli (ed.): Bordeaux et la marine de guerre. XVIIe-XXe siècles . Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 2002, p. 23 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  2. ^ Joseph Bergin: Crown, Church, and Episcopate Under Louis XIV . Yale 2004, p. 459, gives January 27, 1652 as the date of birth.
  3. ^ Oeuvres. Durand, Paris 1754 (collection of speeches books.google.fr ).
personal data
SURNAME Nesmond, Henri de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nesmond, Henry de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop and member of the Académie française
DATE OF BIRTH 1644
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordeaux
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1727
Place of death Toulouse