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Caumartin, Jean Francois Paul Lefevre de

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a French prelate, was born at Chalons-sur-Marne, Dec. 16, 1668. He was educated under the care of cardinal de Retz, his godfather, who assigned him one of the richest benefices. Caumartin had scarcely reached his twenty-sixth year when he was admitted a member of the French Academy. He was appointed bishop of Vannes in 1717, and died at Blois, Aug. 30, 1733. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. G n rale, s.v.; Biog. Universelle, s.v.