See also: Saint-Froze (homonymy)
Mellin of Saint-Froze (or Melin de Saint-Gelays or of Sainct-Froze); born about 1491 and deceased in October 1558, he was a French poet of the Renaissance, which had the favors of François 1 {{er}}.
Biography
He was born with Angouleme, and was extremely probably the natural son of Jean of Saint-Froze, marquis de Montlieu, who belonged to the Angoumois minor nobility. Its first name came from a bad C-W communication of the name of Merlin, magician of the legends arthuriennes. It was close to his uncle, Octavien of Saint-Froze), bishop of Angouleme since 1494, itself poet who had translated the Énéide into French.Mellin, which had studied with Bologna and Padoue, was as famous as doctor, astrologer and musician as like poet. It returned to France about 1523 and well quickly, by its address in the light worms, could be made appreciate at the court of Valois where François 1st liked and protected arts. He became chaplain of the Dolphin, abbot of Recluse in the diocese of Troyes and librarian of the king in Blois.
He enjoys an immense popularity until the publication of the Défense and illustration of Joachim of Bellay in 1549, delivers where Saint-Froze was not excluded contempt which was expressed there for the contemporary poets. It tried to make fun of the innovators by reading aloud in front of Henri II the Odes of Ronsard by pronouncing them in a ridiculous way, until the moment when the sister of the king, Marguerite de Valois, seizes the book and lute the Odes itself.
Ronsard accepted the excuses of Saint-Froze for this incident, but Of Bellay of his adversary in the Poet courtier made fun. He translated Sofonisba ( Sophonisbe ) of Gian Giorgio Trissino) which was represented with Blois in 1556 front Catherine de Médicis. Saint-froze was the champion of the style marotic and was the first in France to have employed the Sonnet. He died in Paris in 1558.
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