About Léon Potier de Gesvres
Lived 1656 – 1744 (aged 88). Léon Potier de Gesvres was a French scholar, catholic theologian, archbishop and catholic bishop.
Léon Potier de Gesvres (15 August 1656 – 12 November 1744) was a French Roman Catholic prelate and Cardinal.
Biography He was the second son of Léon Potier, Duke of Gesvres, Peer of France, and Marie-Françoise du Val.
He became Abbot commendatario of the Bernay Abbey in 1666 and the Aurillac Abbey in 1679.
He was created Cardinal-priest in the consistory of 29 November 1719. Pope Clement XI sent him the red hat with an apostolic brief of 23 December 1719. After his appointment, Potier never went to Rome , neither did he participate in any of the four conclaves (1721, 1724, 1730, 1740) celebrated during his cardinalate. According to Saint-Simon, Potier was a hypochondriac who never did anything. .
He was also Abbot commendatario of the Abbey of Saint-Amand (1720-1744) and Saint-Remy, Reims (1728-1744). He was Commander in the Order of the Holy Spirit (1724).
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French archbishop (1656-1744)
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Léon Potier de Gesvres was born on 15 August 1656 in Paris.
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Léon Potier de Gesvres died on 12 November 1744 in Versailles.
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Léon Potier de Gesvres was a scholar, catholic theologian, archbishop and catholic bishop.
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