Anne d'Escars de Givry
Anne d'Escars de Givry (29 March 1546 – 19 April 1612) was a French Benedictine churchman, supporter of the Ligue, and cardinal.
Biography
[edit]Anne was born in Paris, the son of Jacques de Pérusse, Seigneur d'Escars and Françoise de Longwy, Dame de Pagny and de Mirebeau.[1]
He became bishop of Lisieux in 1584. He was created Cardinal in 1596, without the knowledge of Henry IV of France,[2] and had to give up his see. He became bishop of Metz in 1608.[3]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Mellinghoff-Bourgerie 1999, p. 389.
- ^ Article title in French
- ^ Diocese of Metz, France
Books
[edit]- Cardella, Lorenzo (1793). Memorie storiche de' cardinali della santa Romana chiesa (in Italian). Vol. Tomo sesto. Roma: Pagliarini. pp. 23–27.
- Formeville, H. de (1763). Histoire de l'ancien évêché-comté de Lisieux (in French). Vol. Tome second. Brionne (Eure): le Portulan. pp. 234–240.
- Mellinghoff-Bourgerie, Viviane (1999). François de Sales, 1567-1622: un homme de lettres spirituelles : culture, tradition, épistolarité (in French). Librairie Droz S.A. ISBN 9782600003551.
External links
[edit]- Miranda, Salvador. "ESCARS DE GIVRY, O.S.B., Anne d' (1546–1612)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.
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