Simon Vigor (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Antoine Dégert · 1913
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Simon Vigor, French bishop and controversialist born at Evreux in Normandy about 1515, died at Carcassonne on 1 November 1575. Son of Raynaud Vigor, a court physician, he went to Paris about 1520 and studied Greek, Hebrew, Latin, then theology. Admitted to the College of Navarre in 1540, he became rector of the University of Paris that same year. In 1545 he took a doctorate in theology and became penitentiary of Evreux.
Thenceforth he preached pastorally and controversially with great success at Rouen, Paris, Metz, and elsewhere. At Saint-Germain in 1562 he defended the Catholic cause against Calvinists led by Theodore Beza. In 1563 he joined twelve Sorbonne theologians at Trent, debating clandestine marriages and indulgences with vast erudition. He also smoothed relations between Cardinal Hosius and Francisco Torres, and won Cardinal de Lorraine's confidence on a mission to Ferdinand I at Innsbruck.
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| CREATOR | Antoine Dégert |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |