Louis d'Aquin

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Louis d'Aquin (born May 20, 1667 in Paris , † May 17, 1710 in Sées ) was a French Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop .

life and career

origin

Louis d'Aquin was the great-grandson of the Hebraist Philippe d'Aquin (1576–1650), who came from Carpentras and was of Jewish faith, converted to Christianity in Aquino , Italy, and adopted a new name, the grandson of Louis-Henri d'Aquin (1602–1673), physician Louis XIV. , the son of Antoine d'Aquin (1629–1710), chief physician to Louis XIV., and the nephew of Luc d'Aquin , bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux and Fréjus . He was baptized in 1667 by Édouard Vallot (1637–1705) Bishop of Nevers . His godmother was Queen Maria Teresa herself.

Commendatabe Abbot and Doctor of Theology

He attended the Collège de la Marche and the Collège du Plessis and received the tonsure at the age of ten . In 1678 he was appointed Commendatar Abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Serge in Angers and the Cistercian Abbey of Moreilles ; he exchanged the latter in 1687 for the Abbey of Saint-Denis in Reims . After studying theology at the Sorbonne , he was ordained a priest in 1688, earned a doctorate in 1689 and acted as general representative of the French clergy ( agent général du clergé de France ).

Bishop of Fréjus

In 1697 he was appointed bishop of Fréjus in place of his uncle Luc d'Aquin, who had been deposed by the king, at the age of 30, consecrated in June 1697 and also solemnly introduced himself (though by a representative) in April 1698, but many had As a result of his uncle's personal protests, he became tired of the matter and had his vocation transferred to the bishopric of Sées in November 1698 , so that he was never present in Fréjus . His uncle was succeeded by the future cardinal and statesman Fleury .

Bishop of Sées

In the diocese of Sées he accompanied the death of the reform abbot of the Cistercian monastery La Trappe , Rancé . In general, he worked as an energetic reformer from 1699, which angered large parts of the clergy against him. Eventually he was wrongly accused of Jansenism by the king and fell into disfavor. Shortly afterwards he was swept away by a plague. He died in 1710 shortly before his 43rd birthday and was buried in the cathedral of Sées .

Works

  • Imago RP Domni Armandi-Joannis Le Bouthillier de Rancé, abbatis de Trappâ. Portrait of Dom Armand-Jean Le Bouthillier de Rancé, abbé regulier & réformateur du monastere de la Trappe, de l'étroite observance de Cisteaux . 1701.
  • Récit abrégé des principales circonstances de la vie et de la mort de Mr de Rancé, abbé de la Trappe, en forme d'épitaphe . Vaultier, Rouen 1704.

literature

  • Lucien-Victor Dumaine (1842–1916): Mgr Louis d'Aquin, évêque de Séez, 1667–1710 . Amat, Paris 1902.
  • Hippolyte Espitalier (1844–1905): Les évêques de Fréjus du XIIIe à la fin du XVIIIe Siècle . Draguignan 1898, pp. 302-311. (on-line)

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personal data
SURNAME Aquin, Louis d '
ALTERNATIVE NAMES D'Acquin, Louis Thomas; D'Aquin, Louis; Aquin, Louis Thomas d '
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1667
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1710
Place of death Sées