Jean François Paul de Gondi
French Catholic cardinal (1613–1679) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz (20 September 1613 – 24 August 1679) was a French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde.
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Jean François Paul de Gondi | |
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Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Paris |
Installed | 1654 |
Term ended | 1662 |
Predecessor | Jean-François de Gondi |
Successor | Pierre de Marca |
Other post(s) | Abbot of Saint-Denis (1661–1679) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva (1655–1679) |
Orders | |
Ordination | November 1643 |
Consecration | 31 January 1644 by Jean-François de Gondi |
Created cardinal | 19 February 1652 by Innocent X |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 September 1613 |
Died | 24 August 1679 (aged 65) Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
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The Florentine banking and noble Gondi family had been introduced into France by Catherine de' Medici; Catherine offered Jérome (Girolamo) de Gondi in 1573 the château that he made the nucleus of the Château de Saint-Cloud; his hôtel in the Faubourg Saint-Germain of Paris became the Hôtel de Condé in the following generation. The Gondi acquired great estates in Brittany and became connected with the noblest houses of the kingdom.