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was a popular French preacher. He was born in Marseille as the
son of a barrister at Aix-en-Provence. He entered the French
Oratory early and became reputed as a preacher. Paris confirmed
the judgment of the provinces; in 1666 he was asked to preach
before the court and became a favourite of Louis XIV, who said
that his eloquence was one of the few things that never grew
old.  In 1671, he was appointed the bishop of Tulle; eight years
later he was transferred to the larger diocese of Agen. He still
continued to preach regularly at court, especially for funeral
orations. A panegyric on Turenne, delivered in 1675, is
considered to be his masterpiece. His style is strongly tinged
with préciosité and his chief surviving interest is as a glaring
example of the evils from which Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
delivered the French pulpit.  During his later years, he devoted
himself entirely to his pas