Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin

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Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin (* 1669 in Paris ; † November 3, 1736 ibid) was a French Roman Catholic bishop, Commendatarabbot and member of the Académie française .

life and work

Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin (also: Michel-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin ) was the son of Roger de Bussy-Rabutin and the half-brother of Jean-Louis de Bussy-Rabutin (1642-1717). He became a cleric and from 1697 worked with his sister to publish the letters of Madame de Sévigné , actually Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, a relative, insofar as the first published letters of the Marquise were part of an edition of his father's correspondence for which he was responsible were.

He became Commendatarabbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Flavigny in 1720 and rose to Bishop of Luçon in 1723 . On September 10, 1725, he gave a short conventional address to the newly wed couple Louis XV. and Maria Leszczyńska , which appeared in print. In Paris he frequented the literary salon of Madame de Tencin . In 1732 he was admitted to the Académie française (seat no. 14) and welcomed by Fontenelle , also a guest of Madame de Tencin. Fontenelle spoke less of him than of his predecessor Antoine Houdar de la Motte . Laurent Cars (1699–1771) made an engraved portrait of Bussy-Rabutin in 1724. Hyacinthe Rigaud painted Bussy-Rabutin's portrait in oil in 1735 (unfinished, today in the Palace of Versailles ). He died of a stroke at the age of 67. A place of burial is not known.

Works

  • (Ed.) Les Lettres de messire Roger de Rabutin comte de Bussy , lieutenant général des armées du roi, et mestre de camp général de la cavalerie françoise et étrangère. 4 vols. Paris 1697.
  • Harangue faite au Roy , at Fontainebleau le 10 September 1725. Par Monseigneur l'Evêque de Luçon. Paris 1725.

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personal data
SURNAME Bussy-Rabutin, Michel-Celse-Roger de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bussy-Rabutin, Michel-Roger de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Roman Catholic Bishop, Commendatarabbot and member of the Académie française
DATE OF BIRTH 1669
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1736
Place of death Paris