Pierre de Saint-Julien de Balleure (1519–1593) was a
Burgundian historian of the
Renaissance period
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.
Born in 1519 at the
Château de Balleure (
Étrigny), this erudite provincial notably wrote a history of the Burgundians, published while he was Dean of
Chalon-sur-Saône. ''De l’origine des Bourgongnons, et antiquité des estats de Bourgongne'' was printed in 1581 in Paris, "''chez Nicolas Chesneau, ruë Sainct Jacques, au Chesne Verd''" (chez Nicolas Chesneau, Rue Saint Jacques, at the
ign of thegreen oak).
His tombstone may be seen in the church of Saint-Vincent in Chalon-sur-Saône.
Bibliography
Raffin, Léonce ''Saint-Julien de Balleure, historien bourguignon'', Paris, Champion, 1926.
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French untitled nobility
16th-century French historians
1519 births
1593 deaths
French male non-fiction writers