Jacques-Nicolas Colbert

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Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (born February 14, 1655 in Paris ; † December 10, 1707 ibid) was a French Roman Catholic archbishop and member of the Académie française . He came from the Colbert family .

Life

Family. Early benefices

Jacques-Nicolas Colbert was the second son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert , the younger brother of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Seignelay , nephew of Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy , of Nicolas Colbert (1628–1676), Bishop of Luçon and Auxerre , Cousin of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy , of Charles-Joachim Colbert de Croissy (1667–1738), Bishop of Montpellier, and relative of André Colbert (1648–1704), Bishop of Auxerre. From 1664 he was Commendatarabb of the Abbey of Le Bec , from 1665 to 1667 also of the Abbey of Saint-Remi in Reims, furthermore from 1664 Prior of Notre-Dame in La Charité-sur-Loire and from 1669 Prior of Saint-Martin in Ambierle .

Ascent to the Archbishop of Rouen

Since he was intended as the second son for the clergy, he was brought up under the supervision of his father by Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel , who wrote the Philosophia vetus et nova for him (first published in 1678). He attended the Oratorian College in Juilly from 1663 to 1668 , studied theology and received his doctorate. In 1680 he was named titular archbishop of Carthage and coadjutor of the archbishop of Rouen . The incumbent Archbishop François Rouxel de Médavy (1604-1691) left him the diocese leadership, which he officially took over in 1691 and held until his death. He used the Gaillon Palace in Gaillon . He was buried in the Saint-Eustache church in Paris.

Académie française. Commitment to the Huguenots

In 1678, at the age of 23, he was elected to the Académie française (seat no. 11). When he entered the academy, he celebrated Louis XIV in his inaugural address . In an address as a representative of the French clergy in 1685, he implored the king not to fight the heresy of Calvinism with “fire and sword” ( recourir au fer et au feu ).

Representations. Bibliophilia

His portrait is preserved through a painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud (1696) and through engravings by Antoine Masson (1636–1699), Etienne Gantrel (1646–1706) and Guillaume Vallet (after Antoine Paillet, 1626–1701).

After the death of his older brother in 1690 Colbert inherited his father's famous library ( Biblioteca Colbertina ), which was looked after by Etienne Baluze and which passed to his nephew Charles-Léonor Colbert (1689–1747) after him.

Works

  • Harangue faite au roy , a Versailles le vingt et un juillet M. DC. LXXXV. par Monseigneur l'illustrissime & révérendissime Jacques Nicolas Colbert, archevêque & primat de Carthage, coadjuteur de l'archevêché de Roüen. Assisté de Messeigneurs les archevêques, evêques, & autres députez de l'Assemblée générale tenuë à Saint Germain en Laye, en ladite année mil six cens quatre-vingt cinq. En prenant congé de Sa Majesté. Paris 1685. In: Recueil des actes, titres et mémoires concernant les affaires du clergé de France. Vol. 13, 1740, columns 798-803.

literature

  • Marie-France Amand: Jacques-Nicolas Colbert et la révocation de l'édit de Nantes. L'exemple d'une stratégie familiale . In: Protestants et minorités religieuses en Normandie. Actes du 20e congrès des sociétés historiques et archéologiques de Normandie tenu à Rouen du 3 au 7 septembre 1985 . Rouen, Permanent Secrétariat des congrès des sociétés historiques et archéologiques de Normandie, 1987, pp. 319–329.
  • René Kerviler: Les deux abbés Colbert . In: Bibliophile français 7, 1873, June – August.

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personal data
SURNAME Colbert, Jacques-Nicolas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Roman Catholic Archbishop and member of the Académie française
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1655
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1707
Place of death Paris