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Jacques Truchet
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LOCATION: F 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

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Emeritus Professor of French Literature, University of Paris IV. Author of La Prédication de Bossuet and others.

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Bossuet, detail of an oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1698; in the Uffizi, Florence
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. Bossuet was born of a family of magistrates.…
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