Background
Nicolas Coeffeteau was born at Saint-Calais in 1574.
Nicolas Coeffeteau was born at Saint-Calais in 1574.
Nicolas Coeffeteau entered the Dominican order and lectured on philosophy at Paris, being also " ordinary preacher " to Henry IV, and afterwards ambassador at Rome.
In 1606 he was vicar-general of the congregation of France, and received from Marie de' Medici the revenues of the sees of Lombez and Saintes.
Many of his theological writings were collected in one volume (Paris, 1622), and at the time of his death in 1623 he was engaged on a translation of the New Testament which is still in manuscript.