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Jules Mascaron | |
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| Bishop of Agen | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Agen |
| In office | 8 January 1680 – 16 November 1703 |
| Predecessor | Claude Joli |
| Successor | François Hébert |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 15 June 1658 |
| Consecration | 8 May 1672 by François de Harlay de Champvallon[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 March 1634 |
| Died | 16 November 1703 (aged 69) |
Jules Mascaron (1634–1703) was a popular French preacher. He was born in Marseille as the son of a barrister at Aix-en-Provence. He entered the Oratory of Jesus early and became reputed as a preacher. Paris confirmed the judgment of the provinces; in 1666 he was asked to preach before the court and became a favourite of Louis XIV, who said that his eloquence was one of the few things that never grew old.[2]
In 1671, he was appointed the bishop of Tulle; eight years later he was transferred to the larger diocese of Agen. He still continued to preach regularly at court, especially for funeral orations. A panegyric on Turenne, delivered in 1675, is considered to be his masterpiece. His style is strongly tinged with préciosité and his chief surviving interest is as a glaring example of the evils from which Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet delivered the French pulpit.[2]
During his later years, he devoted himself entirely to his pastoral duties at Agen where he died in 1703.[2]
Six of his most famous sermons were edited, with a biographical sketch of their author, by the Oratorian Borde in 1704.[2] One his most famous books, which went into several editions, was La Mort et les Dernieres Paroles de Seneque Lyon, 1653. A critical quote concerning Girolamo Cardano's book praising Nero can be found in Nero: An Exemplary Life by Inkstone, 2012.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Bishop Jules Mascaron, C.O.I." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
- 1 2 3 4 Chisholm 1911.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mascaron, Jules". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 836.
