Honoré du Laurens

Honoré du Laurens (7 March 1554 24 January 1612)[1] [2][3][4] was archbishop of Embrun in south-eastern France.

Biography

Honoré du Laurens was born in Tarascon, the eldest of the eleven children (ten of whom reached adulthood)[5] of Louis du Laurens (born in Puget near Chambéry), and his wife Louise de Castellan (born in Riez).

His father was a doctor, first in Tarascon and then in Arles, who was greatly devoted to the education of his children.[6] One of Honoré's brothers, André, was physician to King Henri IV. Another of his brothers, Gaspard du Laurens, was Archbishop of Arles, and a third, Jean (Jérôme in religion), Provincial Superior of the Capuchins.

Honoré's uncle and godfather, Honoré de Castellan, who was doctor to Charles IX, paid for his nephew's education and left him money in his will.[7] He studied medicine, according to family tradition, but reluctantly. Eventually he become a student of law, at which he excelled.[8]

Honoré married in Aix. His wife, née d'Ulme, gave him a daughter but died in 1600. He was General Counsel to the parliament of Provence, where he succeeded his father-in-law, M. d'Ulme. He joined the Catholic League.

His brother André, thanks to his high standing at court, was able to obtain for him the appointment to the Archbishopric of Embrun,[9] which had fallen vacant on the death of Guillaume d'Avançon. Honoré refused the appointment and with the secret hope of finding a way of avoiding the episcopate, made his way to Rome, where he hid in a Capuchin friary, until the Pope threatened him with excommunication to compel him to leave this retreat and accept the archbishopric.

In 1611 in Paris he gave the funeral oration of Margaret of Austria, wife of King Philip III of Spain, and died, also in Paris, in the following year.

Selected works

Bibliography

References

  1. Jeanne du Laurens, Une famille au XVIe siècle disponible sur Gallica, introduction et notes de Charles de Ribbe, 3e éd., Paris, J. Albanel, 1868 p39.
  2. le Trésor de Chronologie et l'Annuaire Pontifical, le 24 octobre de cette année selon La Grande Encyclopédie.
  3. La Grande Encyclopédie. Salonius a été démis de ses fonctions au Concile de Chalon (Grégoire de Tours)
  4. le Trésor de Chronologie
  5. Jeanne du Laurens, Une famille au XVIe siècle disponible sur Gallica, introduction et notes de Charles de Ribbe, 3e éd., Paris, J. Albanel, 1868 p39.
  6. Jeanne du Laurens, Une famille au XVIe siècle disponible sur Gallica, introduction et notes de Charles de Ribbe, 3e éd., Paris, J. Albanel, 1868 p 46.
  7. Jeanne du Laurens, Une famille au XVIe siècle disponible sur Gallica, introduction et notes de Charles de Ribbe, 3e éd., Paris, J. Albanel, 1868 p 46.
  8. Jeanne du Laurens, Une famille au XVIe siècle disponible sur Gallica, introduction et notes de Charles de Ribbe, 3e éd., Paris, J. Albanel, 1868 p 51.
  9. Nicolas Joseph François Éloy, « Du Laurens (André) », dans Dictionnaire historique de la médecine ancienne et moderne, vol. 2, Mons, Hoyois, 1778, p. 107
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Guillaume d'Avançon
Archbishop of Embrun
1601-1612[1]
Succeeded by
Guillaume d'Hugues
  1. l'Annuaire Pontifical
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