Pierre du Cambout de Coislin (14 November 1636 – 5 February 1706) was a French prelate. He was a grandson of
Pierre Séguier
Pierre Séguier (; 28 May 1588 – 28 January 1672) was a French statesman, chancellor of France from 1635.
Biography Early years
Séguier was born in Paris to a prominent legal family originating in Quercy. His grandfather, Pierre Séguier (15 ...
and held many important benefices - abbot of
Jumièges
Jumièges () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
Geography
A forestry and farming village situated in a meander of the river Seine, some west of Rouen, at the junction of the D 65 and the ...
, in 1641, of Saint-Victor, in 1643, canon of Paris, and first king's almoner in 1663. He was finally
Grand Almoner of France {{other uses, Almoner
The Grand Almoner of France (french: Grand aumônier de France) was an officer of the French monarchy and a member of the ''Maison du Roi'' ("King's Household") during the ''Ancien Régime''. He directed the religious branch of ...
and
bishop of Orléans
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
from 1665 to 1706, as well as (in a surprise appointment) being made
cardinal priest
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of
Trinità dei Monti
The church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti, often called merely the Trinità dei Monti ( French: ''La Trinité-des-Monts''), is a Roman Catholic late Renaissance titular church in Rome, central Italy. It is best known for its position above ...
.
Dangeau
Dangeau () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. On 1 January 2018, the former communes of Bullou and Mézières-au-Perche were merged into Dangeau.Saint-Simon wrote of him:
One of his successors removed the epitaph from the cardinal's tomb "since people were going there to pray to God, as at a saint's tomb".Saint-Simon, ''Mémoires'' (1701-1702), Tome II, Éditions de la Pléiade-Gallimard, 1983, p 1503 His nephew
Henri Charles du Cambout de Coislin
Henri-Charles du Camboust (15 September 1665, Paris – 28 November 1732) was a French prelate. He was bishop of Metz from 1697 to 1732, and duc de Coislin from 1710.
Biography
Great-grandson of chancellor Séguier, brother of Pierre de Camboust ...
was also a bishop.
Notes
Sources
*Micheline Cuénin, ''Un familier de Louis XIV. Le cardinal de Coislin, Grand aumônier de France, évêque d'Orléans'', Orléans, 2007 (283 pages).
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Pierre
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...