Background
Renaudot was born in Paris, and brought up and educated for a career in the church.
Renaudot was born in Paris, and brought up and educated for a career in the church.
Despite his interest in theology and his title of abbé, much of his life was spent at the French court, where he attracted the notice of Colbert and was often employed in confidential affairs He was a prominent supporter of Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, in the controversies with Richard Simon, François Fénelon and the Jesuits. In later life his attitudes became Gallican and Jansenist.
Académie française; Accademia della Crusca. Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres]
He became a member of the Académie française (1689), the Academy of Inscriptions (1691), and the Accademia della Crusca of Florence.
