Camille de Neufville de Villeroy

Camille de Neufville de Villeroy (22 August 1606, Rome - 3 June 1693, Lyon) was archbishop and count of Lyon and primate of the Gauls from 1653 to 1693. He was the second of five sons of Charles I de Neufville de Villeroy, marquis d'Halincourt, and grandson of Nicolas IV de Neufville de Villeroy, minister to the kings of France. He owes his Christian name to Camillo Borghese, pope under the name Paul V.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 28, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.