Jacques Gillot (1550? – 1619) was a French priest and jurist, and reputed author, a
Gallican opponent of the
Society of Jesus.
Gillot was a councillor-clerk of the
Parlement de Paris, and also a canon of the
Sainte-Chapelle. He was notorious for associating with freethinkers; the Queen called him "the Lutheran priest". He was also Dean of
Langres Cathedral.
One work where Gillot's part is attested is ''Satyre Ménippée de la vertu du catholicon d'Espagne et de la tenue des éstats de Paris'' (1599) Gillot was a reputed collaborator in the ''
Satire Ménippée
The ''Satire Ménippée'' () or ''La Satyre Ménippée de la vertu du Catholicon d'Espagne'' was a political and satirical work in prose and verse that mercilessly parodied the Catholic League and Spanish pretensions during the Wars of Religion in ...
''. The other authors are given as: Pierre Leroy (a canon of Rouen),
Pierre Pithou,
Nicolas Rapin
Nicolas Rapin (1535 – 16 February 1608) was a French Renaissance magistrate, royal officer, translator, poet and satirist, known for being one of the authors of the Satire Ménippée (1593/4) and an outspoken critic of the excesses of the Holy L ...
,
Florent Chretien, and
Jean Passerat.
The ''Vita Calvini'' of
Jean Papire Masson
Jean Papire Masson la, Papirius (1544 in Saint-Germain-Laval, Loire – 1611) was a French humanist historian, known also as a geographer, biographer, literary critic and jurist.
Life
Masson was initially a Jesuit, but left the Society. He ...
was often incorrectly attributed to Gillot in the 17th century. The ''Traictez des droicts et libertez de L'Eglise gallicane'' (1609) is traditionally attributed to Gillot, but on unclear grounds.
Gillot was a correspondent of
Paolo Sarpi
Paolo Sarpi (14 August 1552 – 15 January 1623) was a Venetian historian, prelate, scientist, canon lawyer, and statesman active on behalf of the Venetian Republic during the period of its successful defiance of the papal interdict (1605–16 ...
, and was one of the anti-Jesuit circle that circulated the unlikely story of
Pierre Coton and the questions he had supposedly prepared to ask an exorcised spirit. Others in his correspondence network were
Isaac Casaubon and
Joseph Scaliger
Joseph Justus Scaliger (; 5 August 1540 – 21 January 1609) was a French Calvinist religious leader and scholar, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and Ancient Roman history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewis ...
.
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External links
WorldCat page
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1550 births
1619 deaths
16th-century French lawyers
16th-century French Roman Catholic priests
17th-century French lawyers