Gabriel Vendages de Malapeire

Vendages de Malapeire was a courtier to the King of France.^[1] He was a member of the Acadèmia dels Jòcs Florals.^[1] In 1688, he co-founded the Société des Belles-Lettres de Toulouse with Adrian Martel, a lawyer.^[1] The society was discontinued in 1699.^[1]

Vendages de Malapeire wrote Christian poetry about the Virgin Mary.^[1] In 1671, he patronized the construction of the Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel chapel in Toulouse.^[1][2] It was dedicated in 1678.^[1] He authored a description of the chapel in 1692, including the paintings he had commissioned for it.^[3]

Vendages de Malapeire died in 1702.^[1] His chapel was destroyed in 1806.^[1]