Jean-Michel-d'Astorg Aubarède
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Jean-Michel-d'Astorg Aubarède (1639 – 4 August 1692) was a canon regular and Vicar Capitular of the diocese of Pamiers.
He was educated at Toulouse
(France), entered the Seminary of Pamiers, and later joined the regulars, who formed the cathedral chapter of that diocese. After the death of the bishop, François Caulet, Aubarede was chosen vicar capitular.
As administrator of the diocese, he took up and carried on vigorously the resistance of Caulet to the royal demands in the matter of the droit de régale
. He refused to recognize royal nominations to local ecclesiastical benefices, and excommunicated the canons appointed by the king, when they attempted to exercise their office. He was arrested by royal order, and imprisoned for six years at Caen
, where he died.
B. Jungmann remarks (in Herder, K.L., I, 1567) that the Jansenist rigorism of Caulet and his clergy was partly responsible for their stubborn defiance of Louis XIV; they feared that the nominees of the king would not belong to their faction.
He was educated at Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
(France), entered the Seminary of Pamiers, and later joined the regulars, who formed the cathedral chapter of that diocese. After the death of the bishop, François Caulet, Aubarede was chosen vicar capitular.
As administrator of the diocese, he took up and carried on vigorously the resistance of Caulet to the royal demands in the matter of the droit de régale
Droit de régale
Droit de régale, a medieval legal term, originally denoted those rights that belonged exclusively to the king, either as essential to his sovereignty , such as royal authority; or accidental , such as the right of the chase, of fishing, mining, etc...
. He refused to recognize royal nominations to local ecclesiastical benefices, and excommunicated the canons appointed by the king, when they attempted to exercise their office. He was arrested by royal order, and imprisoned for six years at Caen
Caen
Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....
, where he died.
B. Jungmann remarks (in Herder, K.L., I, 1567) that the Jansenist rigorism of Caulet and his clergy was partly responsible for their stubborn defiance of Louis XIV; they feared that the nominees of the king would not belong to their faction.