Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (14 February 1655, in Paris – 10 December 1707, in Paris) was a French churchman. Youngest son of Minister

Jean-Baptiste Colbert Jean-Baptiste Colbert (; 29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) was a French statesman who served as First Minister of State from 1661 until his death in 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His lasting impact on the organization of the countr ...

, he was educated for a career in the church, tutored by

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, a Dominican theologian and philosopher later condemned for his Jansenist views. The young Colbert was abbot at Le Bec-Hellouin before becoming Archbishop of Rouen in 1691. He was admitted to the

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on 31 October 1678 and was one of the first members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. He was a patron of

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and

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and commissioned the restoration of the official residence of the Archbishops of Rouen, the Château de Gaillon.

Publications

*''Philosophia vetus et nova, ad usum scholae accommodata, in regia Burgundia novissimo hoc biennio pertractata'' (1674) *''Harangue faite au roi, à Versailles, le 21 juillet 1685, par monseigneur l'illustrissime et révérendissime Jacques-Nicolas Colbert, archevêque et primat de Carthage, assisté de messeigneurs les archevêques, évêques, et autres députés de l'Assemblée générale tenue à Saint-Germain-en-Laye en ladite année 1685, en prenant congé de Sa Majesté'' (1685)

References

External links

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Biographical note at the Académie française
{{DEFAULTSORT:Colbert, Jacques-Nicolas 1655 births 1707 deaths Clergy from Paris Archbishops of Rouen French Oratory Members of the Académie Française