The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . ards see Pitou, LesLombards en France et /> Paris (1892), and all economical his-tories of the Middle Ages, e. g., Cunningham, Western Civiliza-tion, Paolo Silva. Lom^nie de Brienne, Etienne - Chakles de,French cardinal and statesman, b. at Paris, 1727; Sens, 1794. He was of noble lineage, studied at theCollege dHarcourt and then at the Sorbonne, where,in spite of certain suggestions of unorthodoxy, he wasgiven the doctorate of theolog&
The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . ards see Pitou, LesLombards en France et /> Paris (1892), and all economical his-tories of the Middle Ages, e. g., Cunningham, Western Civiliza-tion, Paolo Silva. Lom^nie de Brienne, Etienne - Chakles de,French cardinal and statesman, b. at Paris, 1727; Sens, 1794. He was of noble lineage, studied at theCollege dHarcourt and then at the Sorbonne, where,in spite of certain suggestions of unorthodoxy, he wasgiven the doctorate of theolog>^ Ordained priest in1752, he became successively \ icar-General of Rouen(), Bishop of Condom (1760), and Archbishop ofToulouse (1762). Forced by the philosophers uponLouis X^^I, who feared his ambition and despised hispri^ate life, he was made in 1788 minisire principaland Archbishop of Sens, the second richest see inFrance. As a minister, he vv^as popular with the As-sembly of the Notables, but failed to win the Parle-ment over to his financial schemes, and fell afterannouncing the convocation of the States General for LONDON 341 LONDON. 1 May, 1789. In order to offset his downfall, he suc-ceeded by clever intrigue in gaining for himself thecardinals hat, and in having his nephew. Martial deLom^nie, appointed coadjutor of Sens. The influenceand wealth attached to his see he used to have Sensmade the seat of the new ecclesiastical department ofYonne—^instead of Auxerre, the natural taken the constitutional oath on 30 Jan., 1791,he drew after him a large portion of his clergy, sub-mitted to popular election, and, being returned bothin Toulouse and Sens, chose the latter place because ofits being near the French capital. When Pius VI, by a Brief of 23 Feb., 1791, severelyrebuked him for his disloyalty, he replied by renouncingthe cardinalate, and was formally deposed at the Con-sistory of 26 Sept.,1791. He then re-tired with his fam-ily to
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