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Beaumont, Christophe de
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Archbishop of Paris, born at Périgord, "spent his life in persecuting hysterical Jansenists and incredulous non-confessors"; but scrupled to grant, though he fain would have granted, absolution on his deathbed to the dissolute monarch of France, Louis XV.; issued a charge condemnatory of Rousseau's "Émile," which provoked a celebrated letter from Rousseau in reply (1703-1781).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Beaumont, Christophe de'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/beaumont-christophe-de.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.