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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Cardinal de Retz |
 | | Born at the Château of Montmirail, Oct., 1614; died in Paris, 24 Aug., 1679. |
 | | Louis XIII on his deathbed named him coadjutor to his uncle, Gondi, Archbishop of Paris; on 31 Jan., 1644, Retz was consecrated at Notre Dame, receiving the title of Archbishop of Corinth. |
 | | A fugitive in a strange land, he then remained as archbishop at Rome, whence he directed the clergy of Paris, in spite of Mazarin, by a number of letters which Mazarin caused to be burned successively by the public executioner. |
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