Hercule Audiffret (15 May 1603 – 6 or 16 April 1659), known as "le Père Hercule",
was a French orator, religious writer and Superior General of the
Congrégation des Doctrinaires. He was the maternal uncle of
Esprit Fléchier
Esprit Fléchier (10 June 163216 February 1710) was a French preacher and author, Bishop of Nîmes from 1687 to 1710.
Biography
Fléchier was born at Pernes-les-Fontaines, in today's ''département'' of Vaucluse, in the then Comtat Venaissin ...
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Life
Hercule Audiffret was born in
Carpentras
Carpentras (, formerly ; Provençal Occitan: ''Carpentràs'' in classical norm or ''Carpentras'' in Mistralian norm; la, Carpentoracte) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
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, the son of Pancrace Audifret and Esprite Dambrun.
Hercule Audiffret entered the Congrégation des Doctrinaires in 1620.
He was the first Superior General of the ''
Congrégation des Doctrinaires'' from 1647 to 1653,
after the Congrégation was split from the
Somascan Fathers
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He died in
Paris
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Works
* ''Lettres à Philandre'' (1637-1638)
**Collection of 16 letters sent to
Valentin Conrart
Valentin Conrart (; 1603 – 23 September 1675) was a French author, and as a founder of the Académie française, the first occupant of seat 2.
Biography
He was born in Paris of Calvinist parents, and was educated for business. However, afte ...
, the first ''Secrétaire perpétuel'' of the
Académie Française
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, by Hercule Audiffret, while he was staying in
Grasse
Grasse (; Provençal oc, Grassa in classical norm or in Mistralian norm ; traditional it, Grassa) is the only subprefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region on the French Riviera. In 2017, the co ...
as the guest of bishop
Antoine Godeau
Antoine Godeau (24 September 1605, in Dreux – 21 April 1672, in Vence) was a French bishop, poet and exegete. He is now known for his work of criticism ''Discours de la poésie chrétienne'' from 1633.
Biography
His verse-writing early won the ...
(December 1637 to June 1638)
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* ''Questions et explications spirituelles et curieuses, sur le psautier et divers psaumes de David'' (1668)
* ''Ouvrages de piété. Instructions chrétiennes et religieuses'' (1675)
* Eulogy of
Marguerite de Montmorency, Princesse de Condé
* Eulogy of
Duc de Candale
References
Further reading
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** Collection of 127 letters by Hercule Audiffret, mostly to nuns
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External links
Portrait
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French Roman Catholic writers
People from Carpentras
1603 births
1659 deaths