Philippe Le Sueur de Petiville
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Philippe Le Sueur, sieur de Petiville (31 March 1607 – 24 December 1657), was a neo-Latin French poet
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Le Sueur was at Caen
(Normandy
). He traveled widely in his youth. Upon returning to his homeland at the age of twenty-six, he was appointed a counselor at the Parliament of Normandy, a position which, according to the testimony of Pierre-Daniel Huet, he held with great integrity.
A poet and a scholar, Le Sueur cultivated Latin poetry with some success, and he was among the distinguished people who composed the Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Caen
at the time of its founding. Antoine Halley
devoted seven lines of his poem, Cadomus to him (Opuscula, p. 17). Le Sueur responded in kind, sending in an elegy
which was included in the same collection (p. 442).
A Huguenot
, Le Sueur was the friend and practically a relative of Samuel Bochart
. He had married in 1634 Marie Addée, the daughter of Emmanuel Addée, counselor and secretary to the king, and Marie Berger. They had two children and one grandson, Jacques, Sieur de Cairon, born in 1673 and still reported as a Huguenot in 1749.
Le Sueur wrote, according to Huet, easy and clever verses; none have been printed. The introductory parts of Geographiæ sacræ pars prior (Phaleg, de S. Bochart, Cadomi, 1646) incorporate some of his Latin verses.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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Le Sueur was 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....
(Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
). He traveled widely in his youth. Upon returning to his homeland at the age of twenty-six, he was appointed a counselor at the Parliament of Normandy, a position which, according to the testimony of Pierre-Daniel Huet, he held with great integrity.
A poet and a scholar, Le Sueur cultivated Latin poetry with some success, and he was among the distinguished people who composed the Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Caen
Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Caen
The Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Caen was founded in Caen by Jacques Moisant de Brieux in 1652.The Académie de Caen was the first academy of literature to be founded in France, after the French Academy...
at the time of its founding. Antoine Halley
Antoine Halley
Antoine Halley was a French professor and poet.Halley was born at Bazenville near Bayeux. A professor of belles-lettres and Principal of the Collège du Bois, at the University of Caen, he succeeded Antoine Gosselin and distinguished himself from the age of twenty-two, by his eloquence and the...
devoted seven lines of his poem, Cadomus to him (Opuscula, p. 17). Le Sueur responded in kind, sending in an elegy
Elegy
In literature, an elegy is a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.-History:The Greek term elegeia originally referred to any verse written in elegiac couplets and covering a wide range of subject matter, including epitaphs for tombs...
which was included in the same collection (p. 442).
A Huguenot
Huguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
, Le Sueur was the friend and practically a relative of Samuel Bochart
Samuel Bochart
Samuel Bochart was a French Protestant biblical scholar, a student of Thomas Erpenius and the teacher of Pierre Daniel Huet...
. He had married in 1634 Marie Addée, the daughter of Emmanuel Addée, counselor and secretary to the king, and Marie Berger. They had two children and one grandson, Jacques, Sieur de Cairon, born in 1673 and still reported as a Huguenot in 1749.
Le Sueur wrote, according to Huet, easy and clever verses; none have been printed. The introductory parts of Geographiæ sacræ pars prior (Phaleg, de S. Bochart, Cadomi, 1646) incorporate some of his Latin verses.