Background
He was a grandson of Pierre Séguier and held many important benefices - abbot of Jumièges, in 1641, of Saint-Victor, in 1643, canon of Paris, and first king"s almoner in 1663.
abbot priest Grand Almoner of France
He was a grandson of Pierre Séguier and held many important benefices - abbot of Jumièges, in 1641, of Saint-Victor, in 1643, canon of Paris, and first king"s almoner in 1663.
He was finally Grand Almoner of France and bishop of Orléans from 1665 to 1706, as well as (in a surprise appointment) being made cardinal priest of Trinità dei Monti. Dangeau reported:
Saint-Simon wrote of him:
One of his successors removed the epitaph from the cardinal"s tomb "since people were going there to pray to God, as at a saint"s tomb".