Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (14 February 1655, in

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– 10 December 1707, in Paris) was a French churchman. Youngest son of Minister

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

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and philosopher later condemned for his

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views. The young Colbert was abbot at

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before becoming

Archbishop of Rouen The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Rothomagensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Rouen'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. As one of the fifteen Archbishops of France, the Ar ...

in 1691. He was admitted to the

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on 31 October 1678 and was one of the first members of the

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. 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

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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)

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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