Jean du Bellay

Jean du Bellay and Jean Du Bellay (* 1492 or 1498 at the castle Glatigny in Souday at Le Mans, in the present department of Loire- et- Cher, † February 16, 1560 in Rome) was a French diplomat and prelate and Cardinal 1535 the Catholic Church.

Life

Du Bellay ( in French encyclopedias he is usually under "d") was the son of old aristocratic house and younger brother of the military commander Guillaume de Langey, who made himself a name in the wars between France and the German Emperor Charles V.. He was urbane, highly educated and dabbled in literature, especially Latin as the author of verses.

He probably took over his brother early connection to King Francis I., and was bishop of Bayonne in 1526. In 1530 he became a member of the Privy Council and in 1532 Bishop of Paris.

In 1530 he was, as a patron of the famous humanist Guillaume Budé, involved in the establishment of the " Collège des trois langues " ( = College of the three languages ​​, ie Latin / Greek / Hebrew ) or " Collège des lecteurs du Roi " ( = College of Reader of the King), which was founded by Franz because the Parisian Faculty of Theology, the Sorbonne, humanism locked and had in 1523 sentenced all Greek and Hebrew studies as heretical.

Between 1527 and 34 Du Bellay was sent several times by Franz on a diplomatic mission to the English King Henry VIII, who maneuvered deftly between France and the Emperor. In the same year 1534 he traveled to Rome to convey there between Henry, who wanted to annul his marriage, and the Pope Clement VII. However, he ultimately failed to Emperor Karl, who sought to prevent the nephew of Henry's wife cancellation. Du Bellay was thus unwittingly embroiled in the subsequent drop of England from Catholicism.

On his trip to Rome as well as in several later Rome visits, he was accompanied by the humanist and novelist François Rabelais, whom he had apparently met in Lyon and set as the personal physician and shareholder. During a recent extended stay in Rome 1535/36 he was in July 35, Pope elevated to cardinal with the title of Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere. 1547 he moved to the titular church of St. Peter in Chains.

In the years 1536/37 he was appointed as royal lieutenant general with organizing the defense of Paris against possible attacks of imperial troops from the Netherlands ago. In 1538 he accompanied King Francis at a meeting with Emperor Charles in Aigues Mortes.

In 1540 he was, as he faced the concern of the Reformers relatively open, as liaison to the allied in the Smalcald League Protestant German princes active, the natural allies of his king in his fight against the Emperor.

1541, 44 and 46 he was the king ( of the right to sell the church posts in France had ) rewarded for his services by being appointed in addition also the bishop of Limoges, Archbishop of Bordeaux, Bishop of Le Mans (where he, as then not uncommon to spot rarely stayed, but had to be represented ).

After Francis ' death ( 1547) his influence decreased substantially in Paris. After all, he was sent by the new King Henry II once more on a diplomatic mission to Rome, where he remained for two years and in 1549 to the election of Pope Julius III. participated. 1553 he traveled again to Rome ( now accompanied among others by his young relative, the poet Joachim Du Bellay ) and stayed there for more than four years. 1555, he took part in two papal elections and was, after the rapid death of Pope Marcellus II just newly elected, even briefly acted as a candidate.

In 1556 he fell out of favor with King Henry. In the following years he lived mainly in Rome, where he had a splendid palace and where he eventually died.

Today his name is known primarily as that of a patron major writers such as the humanist Guillaume Budé, the novelist François Rabelais ( of him almost twenty years through personal physician and frequent travel companion was connected ). , Or the poet Joachim du Bellay, a nephew of the second degree

He is not to be confused with the Bishop of Fréjus, Jean du Bellay († 1562).

Works

  • Letters, 1529 - (see below, under "Modern editions ": Correspondance ... ).
  • Francisci primi Francorum regis Epistola apologetica. 1542nd
  • Poemata. 1546.

Modern editions

  • Correspondance du Cardinal Jean du Bellay. I. 1529-1535. Publ par Rémy Scheurer. Klincksieck, Paris 1969.
  • Correspondance du Cardinal Jean du Bellay. II 1535-1536. Publ par Rémy Scheurer. Klincksieck, Paris 1973.
  • Jean du Bellay: Poemata. Text établis, traduits et annotes par Geneviève Demerson; avec la collaboration de Richard Cooper. Société des textes français modern, Paris, 2007, ISBN 978-2-86503-279-2.
  • Correspondance du Cardinal Jean du Bellay. III. From 1537 to 1547. Publ par Rémy Scheurer et Loris Petris, avec la collab. David de Amherdt et Isabelle Chariatte. Société de l' histoire de France, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-35407-111-0.
  • Correspondance du Cardinal Jean du Bellay. IV 1547-1548. Publ par Rémy Scheurer, Loris Petris et David Amherdt, avec la collab. Nathalie de Guillod. Société de l' histoire de France, Paris, 2011, ISBN 978-2-35407-135-6.
  • Correspondance du Cardinal Jean du Bellay. V. 1549-1550. Publ par Rémy Scheurer, Loris Petris et David Amherdt, avec la collab. Nathalie de Guillod. Société de l' histoire de France, Paris 2012, ISBN 978-2-35407-137-0.
  • Roman Catholic Bishop ( 16th Century)
  • Cardinal (16th century)
  • Cardinal Dean
  • Commendatory
  • Humanist
  • Author
  • Literature (16th century)
  • Literature ( French)
  • Literature ( New Latin )
  • Poetry
  • Frenchman
  • Born in the 15th century
  • Died in 1560
  • Man
  • Bishop of Paris
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