Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière

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Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière, François Clouet , around 1515

Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière (* 1513 in the Château de La Bourdaisière in Montlouis-sur-Loire en Touraine , † January 25, 1570 in Rome ) was a French cardinal of the 16th century.

Life

Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière was the son of Philibert Babou , Trésorier de l'Épargne under King Francis I , and Marie Gaudin , Dame de la Bourdaisière et de Thuisseau, the king's mistress. His brother was Jacques Babou de La Bourdaisière , Bishop of Angoulême .

In 1533, at the age of 20, he succeeded his brother Bishop of Angoulême. He spent the next 23 years in this office without attracting any particular attention - only then did his career in the curia begin . 1556 he was in Rome, where he from then on as an ambassador of kings Henry II. (1547-1559), Franz II. (1559-1560) and Charles IX. (1560–1574) served. In 1557 he became Maître des requêtes , 1559 Dean of the Abbey of Saint-Martin de Tours , 1560 Abbot of Le Jard . Pope Pius IV made him cardinal at the consistory of February 26, 1561, and on March 10, 1561 he was appointed cardinal priest of San Sisto . On November 17, 1564 he became cardinal priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti and on May 14, 1568 cardinal priest of Sant'Anastasia .

His high expenses as a cardinal led the Pope to appoint him to a diocese whose income was higher than that of Angoulême. In 1562 Pius IV appointed him Bishop of Auxerre . In his bull, he made the financial motives for this decision clear. The bull was presented to the Chapter of Auxerre on April 13, 1563. The canons were delighted to have a cardinal as bishop, but made an indispensable requirement for the new bishop to reside in the diocese. Before the end of April, the chapter receives a letter from Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière, in which he declares that he will be absent for a long time and appoints its vicars general: Mathieu de Macheco, Archdeacon of Passy in the diocese of Langres , and Gaspard Damy, who had already performed this task for the two previous bishops. But Macheco also submitted a letter from the king of Vincennes saying that he had examined the papal bull and found it appropriate and instructed the Bailli of Auxerre, as his deputy, to receive Macheco (on behalf of Babou de La Bourdaisiére). The cathedral chapter obeyed and Macheco took the usual inaugural oath of the bishops.

Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière took part in the Council of Trent in 1562/63 and in the conclave of 1565/66 , at which Pius V was elected Pope.

When Philibert Babou on December 12, 1563 on payment of his tithe to Charles IX. was pushed, he sold with the consent of the Pope (who issued a bull to it) the Bishop's Palace of Auxerre in Paris near the Porte Saint-Michel, for 1,600 livres . The buyer was Guillaume Manault, advisor to the Châtelet , the sale is handled by the aforementioned Archdeacon of Langres, who is known in Auxerre under the name "Passy"; he was now a canon in Auxerre and had obtained his benefice on September 20, 1563.

On May 2, 1565, the cathedral chapter wrote to Babou de La Bourdaisière asking for two benefices to be canceled and for his presence, as they were concerned about the growth of Calvinism in the city and diocese. At the request of the Dean of Auxerre, the Bishop of Langres should also come to Auxerre on February 15, 1566 to settle several urgent matters. Babou did not reply to this letter until 1566, even just to justify his absence, then on November 4, 1566 Macheco submitted a royal letter of approval, whereupon the cathedral chapter decided not to mention the absence of the bishop in future. Time showed that the canons were rightly concerned: The Jansenists occupied Auxerre from September 27, 1567 to March 1568, and there was much destruction, especially in the houses of the canons, so that the bishop in the person of his vicars had to ask to be temporarily housed in the Bishop's Palace of Auxerre until the damage was repaired. They also asked the bishop to help repair the plundered and damaged Auxerre Cathedral .

During his tenure as Bishop of Auxerre, Babou de La Bourdaisière came to Paris at least once from Rome, where he stayed in the Abbey of Saint-Victor on June 7, 1566 , he conferred a canonical on Jean des Roches, a clergyman from the Archdiocese of Tours who was his secretary in Rome. It is also mentioned that the "Bishop of Auxerre" was present in September 1568 when the Edict of Saint-Maur was proclaimed, banning all religions except Catholic, and in a procession against the Huguenots on July 2nd, 1569 participated - but it is also possible that this is Philippe de Lénoncourt , Babou de La Bourdaisière's immediate predecessor still living in Auxerre, who still used this title without creating confusion, since Babou was better known as “Cardinals de La Bourdaisière ”was known.

On June 4, 1567 Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière resigned as Bishop of Angoulême. He died unexpectedly on January 26, 1570 in Rome at the age of 57. His death was announced to the cathedral chapter of Auxerre on February 20th.

From an unknown woman, Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière had a son, Alphonse Babou de La Bourdaisière, who became his father's heir. One of his descendants was Fabrice Babou de La Bourdaisière , Bishop of Cavaillon from 1624 to 1646.

literature

  • Jean Lebeuf, Ambroise Challe, Maximilien Quantin: Mémoires concernant l'histoire ecclésiastique et civile d'Auxerre: continues jusqu'à nos jours avec addition de nouvelles preuves et annotations. Volume 2: Vie de Philibert de la Bourdaisière. Perriquet, Auxerre 1851, pp. 155-161.
  • Hugues Desgranges: Nobiliaire du Berry. Volumes 1, 2 and 3, Editions chez l'auteur Hugues A. Desgranges, Saint-Amand-Montrond 1971.
  • Édouard Henry: Notice sur Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière et sur le manuscrit qui contient sa correspondance. Editions P. Dubois, Reims 1859

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Lebeuf, p 155
  2. ↑ a b c Lebeuf, p. 157
  3. ↑ a b c d Lebeuf, p. 156
  4. ↑ He was actually a bishop and not just an administrator; this role was taken by his vicars general, who administered the diocese in his absence.
  5. ↑ The Porte Saint-Michel (also called Porte d'Enfer and Porte Gibard) was a city gate in the southwest of the city wall of King Philip August, at today's corner of Boulevard Saint-Michel and Rue Monsieur-le-Prince on the northeast side of the Jardin du Luxembourg located; the Hôtel des Évêques d'Auxerre was within the city walls about 50 meters to the left of the gate.
  6. ↑ a b c d Lebeuf, p. 159
  7. ↑ Lebeuf, p 158
  8. ↑ Lebeuf, p 160
personal data
SURNAME Babou de La Bourdaisière, Philibert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Angoulême, Bishop of Auxerre, Cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH 1513
PLACE OF BIRTH Château de La Bourdaisière
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1570
Place of death Rome