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Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet (French:; 27 September 1627 – 12 April 1704) was a French bishop and theologian. Renowned for his sermons, addresses and literary works, he is regarded as a brilliant orator and literary stylist of the French language.
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet was a bishop who was the most eloquent and influential spokesman for the rights of the French church against papal authority. He is now chiefly remembered for his literary works, including funeral panegyrics for great personages.
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, surnommé l'« Aigle de Meaux », né le 27 septembre 1627 à Dijon et mort le 12 avril 1704 à Paris, est un homme d'Église, évêque, prédicateur et écrivain français. Prédicateur tôt renommé, il prononce des sermons et des oraisons funèbres qui demeurent célèbres.
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, (born Sept. 25, 1627, Dijon, France—died April 12, 1704, Paris), French bishop. Ordained a priest in 1652, he gained a reputation as a great orator and popular preacher. In 1681 he became bishop of Meaux.
May 17, 2018 · The French prelate and writer Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704) is best known for his sermons and orations. His ecclesiastical career traversed the principal milieus and encompassed the major religious questions of his time.
A celebrated French bishop and pulpit orator, born at Dijon, 27 September, 1627, died at Paris, 12 April, 1704. For more than a century his ancestors, both paternal and maternal, had occupied judicial functions. He was the fifth son of Beneigne Bossuet, a judge in the Parliament of Dijon, and Madeleine Mouchet.
Biographie. Né à Dijon, le 27 septembre 1627. Il prononça son premier sermon à l’hôtel de Rambouillet à l’âge de seize ans, reçut la prêtrise à Metz à 25 ans, prêcha à la Cour de l’Avent de 1661 et le Carême de 1662 ; il fut nommé évêque de Condom en 1669 et précepteur du Dauphin en 1670.
