DU PERRON,

32 1595. At this same time the pope consecrated him to his bishopric, and he thereupon devoted himself to the conversion of the Reformed. In 1604 Du Perron became cardinal, and two years later was made Grand Almoner of France and arch bishop of Sens. 1n 1604 he was invited by Clem ent VIII. to take part in the conferences of the Congregatio de auxiliis on Moliniam, and he also labored for the reconciliation of the pope and the republic of Venice. He became still more promi nent at the Synod of Paris in 1812, which con demned the De ecclesiastics et Politics grotestate of Edmond Richer, and at the assembly of the Es tates at Paris in 1614-16, where he vainly sought to secure the acceptance of the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent. His writings were pub lished at Paris in 1820-22 in three folio volumes, the first containing his Traitk sur l'euclaaristie, di rected primarily against Du Pleeeie-Monaey; the second comprising his controversy with James I. of England, who had asserted that the Anglican Church formed part of the Church Catholic; and the third including briefer controversial works and the articles drawn up for the conversion of the sister of Henry IV.

(C. Pfender.)

Bibliography: P. Feret. Ls Cardinal Du Par^ Paris, 1877: Psrroniam

DU PIN, du pan' (DUPIN), LOUIS ELLIES: French Roman Catholic priest and historian; b. at Paris June 17, 1657; d. there June 8, 1719. He was a scion of a noble Norman family, and received a thorough education, becoming a doctor of the 3orbonne in 1884. Two years later appeared the first volume of his chief work, the Bibliot)apque unir verselle den auteurs ecclksiaatiques, which brought its author into conflict with the clergy and especially with Boesuet on account of its rationalistic tone. Under the threat of a rigid censorship he retracted his views, but could not save his book from suppression by the Parliament of 1683. It was continued, however, under the new title Nou velle bt'bliothbque den auEeura ecclEsiastiquea, and in this form reached, with the supplements, sixty-one octavo volumes (original ed., 58 vols., Paris, 1888-1704; Eng. transl. by W. Wotton, 17 vols., London, 1893-1707). Involved in the controversy over the bull Unigenitus and accused of being a Jansenist and a signer of the "Case of Conscience," he was banished to Chatellerault, and although he was permitted to return after a second retraction, he was not allowed to resume his activity as a teacher at the Collisge de France. During the regency he corresponded with William Wake, the archbishop of Canterbury, on the union of the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches, and all his papers were accordingly confiscated in Feb., 1719, at the order of Dubois. He likewise took part in the attempt to unite the Greek and Roman Catholic Churches made when Peter the Great visited Paris in 1717.

As a Gallican canonist Du Pin wrote his De antiqtut ecclesiai discipline dissertationes historieee (Paris, 1888) and his Traits de la puissance eecieaiastique et temporelle (1707), the latter a detailed commentary on the four theses of the Gallican clergy. Among his numerous other works special mention may be made of the following: Dissertation praiminaire, ou proUgomknes our la Bible (2 vols., 1899; Eng. transl., 2 vols., London, 1699-1700); Bibliotlbque univeraelle den historiena (Amsterdam, 1708; Eng. transl., 2 vols., London, 1709); Histoire de l'6glise en abrOgi (Paris, 1712; Eng. transl., 4 vols., London, 1715-IB); Mdhode pour 6tudier la Wologie (1718; Eng. transl., London, 1720); and his editions of Optatus (Paris, 1700) and of the writings of Johann Gerson (1703). He wrote with extraordinary ease, skill, and taste, but was lacking in depth.

(C. Pfender.)

Bibliography: Du Pin's notes upon his life sad writings

ire in the Nouvelle bibliotAtque, mix. 178-253. Consult: Nicbron, Mbrrwires, ii. 25-28; L. G. Michaud, Bsopraphis ssniroersslls, vol. ui., 45 vols., Paris, 1843-86.