Henri Philippe de Chauvelin
Henri Philippe de Chauvelin | |
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Engraving by Jean-Baptiste Delafosse, according to the description of Louis Carrogis Carmontelle | |
| Born | 18 April 1714 |
| Died | 14 January 1770 (aged 55) |
| Occupation | Canon |
| Notable work | Compte rendu sur la doctrine des Jésuites Discours sur les constitutions des Jésuites |
Henri Philippe de Chauvelin (1714–1770) was a French cleric and politician. He was a canon of Notre Dame de Paris and a councillor to the parlement de Paris. Known as the Abbé de Chauvelin, he was the youngest son of Germain Louis Chauvelin and thus a brother of marquis François Claude Chauvelin.
He ardently attacked the Society of Jesus and defended Jansenism, leading to his imprisonment on mont Saint-Michel in 1763. When he was released, he continued to struggle against the Jesuits and in 1761 published two works which had a major impact -Discours sur les constitutions des Jésuites and Compte rendu sur la doctrine des Jésuites. This allowed him to get the Parlement of Paris to banish the Jesuits from France.
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bouillet, Marie-Nicolas; Chassang, Alexis, eds. (1878). Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French).
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