Louis Cazet

Louis Cazet , bishop of Valves, wire of Louis Cazet, French monk, dead the December 11th 1687.

Biography

It succeeded on the seat of Vannes Charles de Rosmadec, which became archbishop of Turns. It was famous as preacher and had preached at the Court. On the recommendation of its predecessor, it continues in their functions the general vicars, especially Louis de Kerlivio, holy man who had just undertaken the foundation of the old people's home and the seminar. Those which mécontaient its severity ended up warning against him Louis Cazet which revoked it, but returned from his preventions in 1674 and let the abbot take again his works.

The bishop supports or undertakes itself of the many foundations: brood of Camaldules with Roga in Saint-Cognard, May 2nd 1674; establishment of the Ursulines with Redon, 1674, with Muzillac, 1687; call of Augustines of the Mercy of Jesus with the hospital of Guémené, 1672, and of Auray, 1674; erection of the priory of the Mount-Cassin of Josselin in abbey, 1677. The seminar is open the Whit Sunday 1680, évêché partly rebuilt the same year; Daniel de Francheville, adviser at the Parliament, first prosecuting attorney, entered the orders then, is named general vicar. The bishop contributes largely to the creation of the Small-Convent or Refuge of penitent, and to the foundation of the hospital-general. He then loses two of the holiest characters of the diocese, Mr. de Gouandour, former companion of the Father Julien Maunoir dead victim of his zeal during the epidemic of 1683, and Mr. de Kervilio, who was become again general vicar in 1677, died the March 21st 1685.

The made bishop of great liberalities to the poor, 1686, gives a money lamp to the vault Saint-Vincent-Ferrier, 1800 ecus for ornaments. He loses, the April 6th 1687, his Renee sister, widow of François Sagnier, lord of Luigné, which he makes bury in the vault of Holy-Anne of his Cathedral, prepared for itself and where already was buried its nephew, Henri-Rene Sagnier (death in 1684), and makes a foundation with the capital of 6.000 books for its family.

It falls ill on November 1st; the December 11th it will receive, of the hand of its aumôier the saint Viatique in the vault of Saint-Vincent, after having heard the mass with great feelings of devotion . The following day, the chapter processionnellement will carry the extreme unction to him, the shutter bells sounding of a lugubrious tone. He dies the day next, assisted several canons, of Mr. the Soft one, his general vicar, and of two Jésuites fathers. He was buried 19 in the presence of the Parliament, of the nobility in body, the présidial and the body of city, by François de Coëtlogon, bishop of Rennes. There was funeral oration by the Rollevot Father, Jesuit, preacher of the Advent.

On the lead coffin this epitaph was engraved: Ludovicus Caset de Vautorte, episcopus Venetensis, obiit Veneti die XIII mensis decembris anni 1687 . When one demolishes the chorus of the cathedral in 1751, the coffin was transferred in the Saint-Vincent vault, and the vault Holy-Anne not having been remade, it remained there, it must be there still.

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