About Pierre Duchâtel
Lived 1480 – 1552 (aged 71–72). Pierre Duchâtel was a French prelate, librarian, catholic bishop, christian minister, writer and humanist.
Pierre du Chastel or Duchâtel (died 1552) was a French humanist, librarian to Francis I of France.
Pierre Duchâtel [Du Chastel, Castellanus, or Pierre Castellan], was born in Arc-en-Barrois around 1480, and was chaplain to King François I from 1537. He was also a scholar, bishop of Tulle (1544), of Mâcon (1549) and of Orléans (1551). He became also Master of the King's Bookshop, director of the Royal College (now Collège de France) and in 1548 was appointed Grand Almoner of France.
He died of apoplexy in Orléans on February 3, 1552 while preaching.
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Roman Catholic bishop
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Pierre Duchâtel was born in 1480 in Arc-en-Barrois.
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Pierre Duchâtel died on 3 February 1552 in Orléans.
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Pierre Duchâtel was a prelate, librarian, catholic bishop, christian minister, writer and humanist.
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Pierre Duchâtel was French.
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