Jean du Bellay (c. 1493 - February 16, 1560), French cardinal and diplomat, younger brother of Guillaume du Bellay, and bishop of Bayonne in 1526, member of the privy council in 1530, and bishop of Paris in 1532. 1493 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member of the College of Cardinals during a consistory. ... Guillaum du Bellay Guillaume du Bellay, seigneur de Langey (1491, Glatigny - January 9th 1543, Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay), from a notable Angevin familiy was a French diplomat and general under King Francis I. This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. ... Bayonne. ... The archbishop of Paris is one of twenty-three archbishops in France. ... Events May 16 - Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. ...

Subtle and clever, he was well fitted for a diplomatic career, and carried out several missions in England (1527-1534) and Rome (1534-1536). In 1535 he received his cardinal's hat; in 1536-1537 he was nominated "lieutenant-general" to the king at Paris and in the Tie de France, and was entrusted with the organization of the defence against the imperialists. When Guillaume du Bellay went to Piedmont, Jean was put in charge of the negotiations with the German Protestants, principally through the humanist Johann Sturm and the historian Johann Sleidan. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... Piedmont is a region of northwestern Italy. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Johannes (or Jean) Sturm (1507 - 1589) was a German educator. ... Johannes Sleidanus (1506 - 1556) was a German historian, the annalist of the Reformation. ...

In the last years of the reign of Francis I, cardinal du Bellay was in favour with the duchesse d'Étampes, and received a number of benefices--the bishopric of Limoges (1541), archbishopric of Bordeaux (1544), bishopric of Le Mans (1546); but his influence in the council was supplanted by that of Cardinal de Tournon. Under Henry II, du Bellay, involved in the disgrace of all the servants of Francis I, was sent to Rome (1547). Following the death of Pope Paul III, he obtained eight votes in the conclave to elect the new pope. Francis I (French: François Ier) (September 12, 1494 – July 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (French: le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. ... Anne de Pisseleu dHeilly Anne de Pisseleu dHeilly, duchesse dÉtampes (1508 – 1580), mistress of Francis I of France, daughter of Guillaume de Pisseleu, a nobleman of Picardy. ... Location within France Limoges (Limòtges in Occitan) is a city and commune in France, the préfecture of the Haute-Vienne département, and the administrative capital of the Limousin région. ... City motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem. ... Henry II (French: Henri II) (March 31, 1519 – July 10, 1559), a member of the Valois Dynasty, was King of France from July 31, 1547 until his death. ... Paul III, né Alessandro Farnese (February 29, 1468 – November 10, 1549) was pope from 1534 to 1549. ...

After three quiet years passed in retirement in France (1550-1553), he was charged with a new mission to Pope Julius III and took with him to Rome his young cousin the poet Joachim du Bellay. He lived in Rome thenceforth in great state. In 1555 he was nominated bishop of Ostia and dean of the Sacred College, an appointment which was disapproved of by Henry II and brought him into fresh disgrace, lasting till his death in Rome on the 16th of February 1560. Julius III, né Gian Maria del Monte or Giovan Maria Giocci (September 10, 1487 – March 23, 1555), was pope from February 7, 1550 to 1555. ... Joachim du Bellay (c. ...

Less resolute and reliable than his brother Guillaume, the cardinal had brilliant qualities, and an open and free mind. He was on the side of toleration and protected the reformers. Budaeus was his friend, François Rabelais his faithful secretary and doctor; men of letters, like Etienne Dolet, and the poet Salmon Macrin, were indebted to him for assistance. An orator and writer of Latin verse, he left three books of graceful Latin poems (printed with Salmon Macrin's Odes, 1546, by R Estienne), and some other compositions, including Francisci Francorum regis epistola apologetica (1542). His voluminous correspondence, mostly in manuscript, is remarkable for its verve and picturesque quality. Guillaume Budé (Latin: Guglielmus Budaeus) (1467 - August 23, 1540) was a French scholar. ... François Rabelais (ca. ... Étienne Dolet (August 3, 1509 - August 3, 1546) was a French scholar and printer. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

Bibliography

The Bibliothéque Nationale at Paris has numerous unpublished letters of Jean du Bellay. See also Ribier, Lettres et mémoires d'estat (Paris, 1666); VL Bourrilly and P de Vaissière, Ambassade de Jean du Bellay en Angleterre, vol. i. (Paris, 1905); marquis de la Jonquibre, Le Cardinal du Bellay (Alencon, 1887); Heulhard, Rabelais, ses voyages en Italie (Paris, 1891); Chamard, Joachim du Bellay (Lille, 1900); VL Bourrilly, Guillaume du Bellaf, (Paris, 100,c): "Jean du Bellay, les Protestants et la Sorbonne" in the Bulletin du Protestantisme francais (1903, 1904); and "Jean Sleidan et le Cardinal du Bellay," in the Bulletin, etc. (1901, 1906). The new buildings of the library. ...

References

• This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain.