Antoine de Montazet

Antoine de Montazet (17 August 1713, Laugnac – 2 May 1788) was a French theologian, of Jansenist tendencies, who became bishop of Autun and archbishop of Lyon. He was elected to the Académie française in 1756, but did not produce significant literary works.[1]

His Grace

Denis-Simon de Marquemont
Archbishop of Lyon
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseLyon
SeeCathedral of Saint John the Baptist of Lyon
Installed2 August 1758
Term ended2 May 1788
PredecessorPierre Guérin de Tencin
SuccessorYves-Alexandre de Marbeuf
Other postsBishop of Autun
Personal details
Born(1713-08-17)17 August 1713
Laugnac, Aquitaine, France
Died2 May 1788(1788-05-02) (aged 74)
NationalityFrench

He had published for his seminary by the Oratorian Joseph Valla, six volumes of "Institutiones theologicæ". These were known as "Théologie de Lyon", and were spread throughout Italy by Scipio de' Ricci, bishop of Pistoia and Prato, until condemned by the Index in 1792. Contrary to the papal bull of Pope Pius V on the Roman Breviary, Montazet changed the text of the Breviary and the Missal. The later efforts of Pope Pius IX and Cardinal Bonald to suppress the innovations of Montazet provoked resistance on the part of the canons, who defended the traditional Lyonnese ceremonies.[2]

References
  1. Antoine de MALVIN de MONTAZET Archived December 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Catholic Encyclopedia, article Lyons
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