Claude Le Laboureur (1601–1680s) was a French Roman Catholic clergyman and historian.
Early life
Claude Le Laboureur was born in 1601.
Career
Le Laboureur was the
provost of the
Abbey of ÃŽle Barbe
The Abbey of ÃŽle Barbe was an Abbey built very early in the Christian era, on ÃŽle Barbe, outside of Lyon, France.
The abbey was founded on the island in the 5th century and was the first monastic establishment in the Lyon region and one of the ...
on the
ÃŽle Barbe
The Île Barbe is an island situated in the middle of the Saône, in the 9th arrondissement de Lyon, the quartier Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe (a former-commune annexed in 1963). Its name comes from the Latin ''insula barbara'', "Barbarians' Islan ...
in
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
.
Le Laboureur was the author of books about French history, genealogy, and
heraldry
Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch ...
.
[ He was also a large book collector.][
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Death and legacy
Le Laboureur died in the 1675.[ One of his nephews, Jean Le Laboureur, became a courtier and historian, while another nephew, Louis Le Laboureur, was a poet.][ Meanwhile, Le Laboureur bequeathed many of his books to local libraries.][
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References
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1601 births
1680s deaths
Clergy from Lyon
17th-century French Roman Catholic priests
17th-century French historians
French genealogists
French heraldists