Denis-Simon de Marquemont

Denis-Simon de Marquemont (30 September 1572 – 16 September 1626) was a French cleric who became Archbishop of Lyon in 1612.

His Eminence

Denis-Simon de Marquemont
Cardinal
Archbishop of Lyon
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseLyon
SeeCathedral of Saint John the Baptist of Lyon
Installed11 November 1612
Term ended16 September 1626
PredecessorPosition vacant
SuccessorAlphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu
Personal details
Born30 September 1572
Paris, France
Died16 September 1626(1626-09-16) (aged 53)
NationalityFrench
Alma materUniversity of Paris
University of Angers

Early life

De Marquemont was born on 30 September 1572 in Paris, France, where his father worked in the secretariat of the King.[1] He was educated at the University of Paris and the University of Angers and received a doctorate in utroque iure.

Diplomat

In 1594 he travelled to Rome as secretary to Jacques Davy Duperron, where with the help of Abbé Arnaud d'Ossat (1536–1604), later Cardinal d'Ossat (1599-1604), they obtained Henry IV's absolution from the status of relapsed heretic.[2] When Duperron left Rome, de Maquemont remained behind, by order of King Henry, as counsellor to the French ambassador to the Holy See. At various times he was appointed acting ambassador and was so effective, the King determined that the regular ambassador should not make any significant decisions without de Marquemont's advice.[3]

In 1600, he and Noël Brûlart de Sillery went to Florence to negotiate the marriage of Marie de' Medici to Henry IV of France.[3]

In 1617, he was appointed by King Louis XIII charge d'affaires with Pope Paul V, pending the appointment of an ambassador. He returned to France two years later, but was again sent to Rome in 1622 as assistant to the ambassador.[1]

Ecclesiastic career

He was ordained a priest in 1603 for the diocese of Paris[1] at the age of 31 and in 1612 he was appointed Archbishop of Lyon.

In 1616, de Marquemont caused some controversy when he decreed that sisters of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary would no longer be allowed to live semi-cloistered lives but would instead be forced to "observe strict enclosure" like other female orders.[4] This was despite his personal friendship with the order's founder, Francis de Sales.

Also in 1616, priests of Bérulle's Oratory of Jesus moved to the Choir school; and the Carmel of Lyon was founded by Mère Marie de Jésus on the hill of La Croix-Rousse.

De Marquemont was elevated to cardinal on 19 January 1626 and was appointed Cardinal-Priest of the Church of Trinità dei Monti the following month. He died on 16 September of that year.[5]

References
  1. "Denis-Simon de Marquemont", Musée du Diocèse e Lyon
  2. Les Diverses Oeuvres de l'illustrissime cardinal Du Perron seconde edition (Paris, 1629), pp. 858-860
  3. Denis-Simon de Marquemont by S. Miranda (Florida International University
  4. Boundaries of Faith: Catholics and Protestants in the Diocese of Geneva by Jill Fehleison (Truman State University Press, 2011)
  5. "Denis-Simon Cardinal de Marquemont". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
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