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Image Not Available for Jean-Pierre Camus, évêque de Belley [Jean-Pierre Camus, Bishop of Belley]
Jean-Pierre Camus, évêque de Belley [Jean-Pierre Camus, Bishop of Belley]
Image Not Available for Jean-Pierre Camus, évêque de Belley [Jean-Pierre Camus, Bishop of Belley]

Jean-Pierre Camus, évêque de Belley [Jean-Pierre Camus, Bishop of Belley]

Primary (Abbeville, France, 1598–Paris, France, 1688)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Datecirca 1637
MediumEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 6 5/16 × 4 1/2 in. (16 × 11.4 cm)
Additional Dimension: 5 3/4 × 4 3/16 in. (14.6 × 10.6 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Simkowitz in memory of Amy Cecelia Simkowitz-Rogers, 1998.325
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1998.325
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Camus (1582-1652) was bishop of Belley from 1608 to 1628, and later vicar general for the archbishop of Rouen. He became, however, a disciple of Saint Francis of Sales, resisted further advance in his creer, and dedicated himself to spiritual writing and work for the poor of Paris.
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