Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf [SEP] position held
Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf
Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf (Rennes, 1734-Lübeck, 1799) was a French bishop of Autun and archbishop of Lyon, and statesman. He was an opponent of the European Enlightenment thinking, and of Jansenism.
He went into exile after the French Revolution.
Biography.
Nephew of the Earl of Marbeuf, protector of Napoleon Bonaparte in his youth, he was appointed Bishop of Autun in April 19, 1767, the seat he held until 1788; his successor is the famous Charles
Guérin de Tencin (11 Nov 1740 – 2 Mar 1758)
- 1758-1788 Antoine de Malvin de Montazet (16 Mar 1758 – 2 May 1788), of Jansenist tendencies, and who had published for his seminary by the Oratorian Joseph Valla six volumes of "Institutiones theologicæ" known as "Théologie de Lyon", and spread throughout Italy by Scipio Ricci until condemned by the Index in 1792
- 1788-1799 Yves-Alexandre de Marbeuf (12 May 1788 – 15 Apr 1799)
- 1791-