Joseph Séguy

Joseph Séguy (1689, Rodez - 25 March 1761) was a French clergyman.

Life

A royal preacher, he wrote Panégyriques de saints, Sermons pour les principaux jours du carême, and a Nouvel essai de poésies sacrées, in which he made a French verse translation of Psalms and the songs of the Bible. He was elected to the Académie française in 1736.

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Cultural offices
Preceded by
Jacques Adam
Seat 36
Académie française

1736–1761
Succeeded by
Louis René Édouard de Rohan