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Fournier (Baron de La Contamine), Marie Nicolas
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Fournier (baron de la Contamine), Marie Nicolas
a French prelate, was born at Gex (Ain), December 27, 1760; educated in Paris; became professor of theology at Orleans; after the Revolution went to Paris as a preacher; was appointed (1805) chaplain, afterwards almoner to the emperor, and bishop of Montpellier, July 15, 1806; was nominated, in 1817, for the archbishopric of Navarre, but was not confirmed, and died at Montpellier, December 29, 1834. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Fournier (Baron de La Contamine), Marie Nicolas'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/f/fournier-baron-de-la-contamine-marie-nicolas.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.