Nicolas Soret (end of the 16th century in

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– begin of the 17th century) was a French catholic priest,

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. In 1606, he published ''La Ceciliade, ou le Martyre sanglant de sainte Cecile, patronne des musiciens, choirs set in music by Abraham Blondet'', Paris, Rezé, 1606. On 9 May 1624, he had ''L'Élection divine de Saint Nicolas à l'archevêché de Myre avec un sommaire de sa vie'' presented at Reims.

Bibliography

* Abbé Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Boulliot, ''Biographie ardennaise'' ou ''Histoire des Ardennais qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs vertus ou leurs erreurs'', Paris, 1830, vol.2, p. 388-38

* Collectif, ''Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne'', Paris, au bureau de la Biographie universelle, 1849, vol.82, p. 37

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Nicolas Soret

Text of ''La Ceciliade''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Soret, Nicolas Writers from Reims 17th-century French dramatists and playwrights 17th-century French male writers Year of birth missing Year of death missing Clergy from Reims