Paul Boudot (1571–1635) was
bishop of Saint-Omer and
bishop of Arras
The Diocese of Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Atrebatensis (–Bononiena–Audomarensis)''; French: ''Diocèse d'Arras (–Boulogne–Saint-Omer)'') is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The episcopal s ...
.
Life
Boudot was born in
Morteau
Morteau () is a commune, in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, eastern France.Doubs river valley. The proximity of Switzerland (11 km to Le Locle, 21 km to La Chaux-de-Fonds) gives employment to trans-border ...
, in
Franche Comté, in 1571. He graduated doctor of the
Sorbonne in 1604, and was appointed the
episcopal official of
Jean Richardot
Jean Grusset dict Richardot, knight (1540 – 3 September 1609) was a statesman and diplomat from the Franche-Comté, who held high political office during the Dutch Revolt and played an important role in restoring Habsburg rule in the South ...
, bishop of Arras, following him to Cambrai as
archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denomina ...
when Richardot became archbishop there. He was also appointed a preacher in ordinary to
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
Albert VII (; 13 November 1559 – 13 July 1621) was the ruling Archduke of Austria for a few months in 1619 and, jointly with his wife, Isabella Clara Eugenia, sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1598 and 1621. Prior to this, he had ...
, preaching the
funeral sermon A Christian funeral sermon is a formal religious oration or address given at a funeral ceremony, or sometimes a short time after, which may combine elements of eulogy with biographical comments and expository preaching. To qualify as a sermon, it sh ...
for Albert's brother
Emperor Rudolph II
Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608). He was a member of the Ho ...
in the court chapel in Brussels in 1612. In 1619 he was appointed bishop of Saint-Omer in place of
Jacques Blaseus,
O.F.M. Rec., who died the previous year. In 1626, Boudot was transferred to Arras. On 17 March of that year he gave his approval to and graced with indulgences an anonymous Marian devotional text, ''The Devotion of Bondage''. As bishop he sat as a representative of the
First Estate for the
County of Artois
The County of Artois (, , ) was a historic province of the Kingdom of France, held by the Dukes of Burgundy from 1384 until 1477/82, and a state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1493 until 1659.
Present-day Artois lies in northern France, near ...
in the
Estates General of 1632
The Estates General of 1632 was a parliamentary assembly of representatives of the constituent provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands. It was the last such assembly.
Crisis
It had been over thirty years since a gathering of the Estates General had ...
. He died in Arras on 11 November 1635.
[''Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne'', ed. by M. Michaud, vol. 5 (Paris, 1843), p. 190.]
Publications
*''Summa theologica divi Thomae Aquinatis, recensita'' (Arras)
*''Traitté du Sacrement de Pénitence, tant en général qu'en particulier'' (Paris: Michel Sonnius, 1601
Available on Google Books*''Harangue funèbre faicte et prononcée avec funérailles solennelles de l'empereur Rodolphe II, prononcée à Bruxelles'' (Arras:
Robert Maudhuy Robert Maudhuy was a printer and bookseller active in the city of Arras (County of Artois) from the 1590s until his death on 19 July 1632.Georges Lepreux, ''Gallia typographica'' (1909), p. 127. He printed at the sign of the Name of Jesus.
Publicat ...
, 1612
Available on Google Books*''Pythagorica Marci Antonii de Dominis nova Metempsychosis'' (Antwerp: Gerard Wolsschaten, 1617
Available on Google Books*''Formula visitationis per totam suam dioecesim faciendae'' (Douai, 1627)
*''Catechismus sive Summa doctrinae christianae pro dioecesi Atrebatensi'' (Douai, 1628)
*''Confrairie erigée en l'église et abbaye de Vicoigne de l'ordre de Premonstré'' (Valenciennes: Jan Vervliet, 1635
Available on Google Books
References
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1571 births
1635 deaths
University of Paris alumni