Renaudot (crater)
Renaudot may refer to: * Eusèbe Renaudot (1646–1720), French theologian and expert on Eastern languages * Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1867–1962), French astronomer * Théophraste Renaudot (1586–1653), French physician, medical author, and founder of a weekly newspaper * Renaudot (crater), Martian impact crater * Prix Renaudot The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot () is a French literary award. History The prize was created in 1926 by ten art critics awaiting the results of deliberation of the jury of the Prix Goncourt. While not officially related to the ...

Eusèbe Renaudot
Eusèbe Renaudot (; 20 July 16461 September 1720) was a French theologian and Orientalist. Biography Renaudot was born in Paris, and brought up and educated for a career in the church. After being educated by the Jesuits, and joining the Oratorians in 1666, he was in poor health, left his order, and never took more than minor orders. Despite his interest in theology and his title of '' abbé'', much of his life was spent at the French court, where he attracted the notice of Colbert and was often employed in confidential affairs. He was a prominent supporter of Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, in the controversies with Richard Simon, François Fénelon and the Jesuits. In later life his attitudes became Gallican and Jansenist. He became a member of the Académie française (1689), the Academy of Inscriptions (1691), and the Accademia della Crusca of Florence. Works The learning in Eastern languages which he acquired in his youth and maintained amid the distractions of court life d ...
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