Charles-Irénée Castel De Saint-Pierre
Charles-Irénée Castel, abbé de Saint-Pierre (18 February 1658 – 29 April 1743) was a French author whose ideas were novel for his times. His proposal of an international organisation to maintain peace was perhaps the first in history, with the possible exceptions of George of Poděbrady's '' Tractatus'' (1462–1464) and Émeric Crucé. He influenced Rousseau and Kant. Biography Saint-Pierre was born at the château of Saint-Pierre-Église near Cherbourg, where his father, the Marquis de Saint-Pierre, was ''grand bailli'' of Cotentin. He was educated by the Jesuits. The youngest of five children and unsuited to a military career owing to poor health, he became a priest. He was introduced by family connections into the salons of Madame de la Fayette and the Marquise de Lambert in Paris. He was elected to the Académie française in 1695, although he had previously produced no notable work; his election was an episode in the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns, Sain ...
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Saint-Pierre-Église
Saint-Pierre-Église () is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac .... A market takes place in Saint-Pierre-Église every Wednesday. International relations Saint-Pierre-Église is twinned with Twyford, United Kingdom. See also * Communes of the Manche department References Saintpierreeglise {{Manche-geo-stub ...
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