Jean-René Asseline (1742-1813) was a French bishop and theologian.

Life

His early posts were as grand vicar to Christophe de Beaumont, archbishop of Paris, and teaching scripture and theology at the

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. In 1789 he was made bishop of Boulogne and commendatory abbot of Ham Abbey - he held both posts until the following year, when the abbey and the bishopric were both suppressed. He refused to swear the oath to obey the Civil Constitution of the Clergy in 1791 and emigrated to Munster, from where he criticized the

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. In 1807 he was summoned by

Louis XVIII Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. He spent twenty-three years in ...

and served the French royal family until his death in 1813.Mémoires du Prince de Talleyrand, vol II, page 38, 1891 edition

Works

* ''Instruction pastorale'' - 1790 * ''Instruction sur les atteintes portées à la religion'' - 1798 * ''Considérations sur le mystère de la croix, tirées des divines écritures et des œuvres des SS. Pères'' - Société Typographique Paris - 1806 * ''Exposition abrégée du symbole des apôtres'' - Société Typographique Paris - 1806 * ''La neuvaine a l'honneur de saint François Xavier de la Compagnie de Jésus, Apôtre des Indes & du Japon'' MDCCLXXV - Imprimerie Louis Buisson - Lyon

References

Bibliography

"Asseline (Jean-René)"
in Michaud, ''Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne...'', Paris, Thoisnier Desplaces, 1843–1865, t. 2, Bishops of Boulogne 18th-century French Catholic theologians 19th-century French Catholic theologians 1742 births 1813 deaths 18th-century French Roman Catholic bishops Academic staff of the University of Paris {{France-RC-bishop-stub