Honoré Bouche (27 May 1599 – 16 March 1671) was a French priest and historian of Provence.
Biography
Honoré Bouche was born in
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...
on 27 May 1599.
He was the son of Balthazard Bouche and Louise Meyronnet.
His older brother, born 21 December 1591 and named Balthazard after their father, was twice consul of Aix-en-Provence in 1635 and 1647.
Honoré Bouche is known for having written a history of Provence entitled ''Chorographie ou description de la Provence et Histoire chronologique du même pays'' in two folio volumes to which he added additions and corrections.
He gave his manuscript free of charge to the province, which had it printed at its expense.
He is also known to have written as "Doctor of Holy Theology and Provost of Saint James", in 1646, ''The Holy Virgin of Laurete, or History of the various transports of the House of the Glorious Virgin Mary who was in Nazareth for the Anne of Austria''.
He wrote other lesser-known works, notably on the arrival of Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint Lazarus in Provence.
Honoré Bouche delivered the funeral oration of
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1 December 1580 – 24 June 1637), often known simply as Peiresc, or by the Latin form of his name, Peirescius, was a French astronomer, antiquary and savant, who maintained a wide correspondence with scienti ...
in Rome in front of the Pope, the cardinals and a crowd of scholars.
He died in Aix-en-Provence on 16 March 1671
Publications
* Honoré Bouche, ''La sainte Vierge de Laurette'', chez Claude le Beau, rue saint Jacques, au bon Pasteur, 1646, avec privilège et approbation. Réédition Hachette Livre, BNF, impression à la demande. (Hachettebnf.fr
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* Honoré Bouche. Provinciae romanorum antiquae quae et celtoliguria et galloliguria, carte de 60 x 30; (collection Raymond Joffre)
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1599 births
1671 deaths
17th-century French historians