Camille de Neufville de Villeroy (22 August 1606, Rome - 3 June 1693, Lyon) was the
archbishop and count of Lyon and primate of the Gauls from 1653 to 1693. He was the second of five sons of
Charles I de Neufville de Villeroy, marquis d'Halincourt, and grandson of
Nicolas IV de Neufville de Villeroy, minister to the kings of France. He owes his Christian name to Camillo Borghese, pope under the name
Paul V
Pope Paul V ( la, Paulus V; it, Paolo V) (17 September 1550 – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death in January 1621. In 1611, he honored ...
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1606 births
1693 deaths
Archbishops of Lyon
17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in France
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