Fabio Brulart de Sillery
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Born25 October 1655
château de Le Grand-Pressigny, France
Died20 November 1714 (aged 59)
Paris, France
Paris, France
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| Born | 25 October 1655 château de Le Grand-Pressigny, France |
| Died | 20 November 1714 (aged 59) Paris, France |
Fabio Brulart de Sillery (25 October 1655 – 20 November 1714) was a French churchman, bishop of Avranches and bishop of Soissons.[1]
Fabio Brulart de Sillery was the great grandson of Henri de Montmorency and the godson of Pope Alexander VII, to whom he owes his Italian given name. He studied ancient Greek and Hebrew and received the title of doctor at age 26. Député to the assembly of the clergy in 1685, he became Bishop of Avranches in 1689, then of Soissons from 1692 to 1714. A member of the Académie de Soissons, he was elected a member of the Académie des inscriptions in 1701, then of the Académie française in 1705.
