Fealty and Fidelity: The Lazarists of Bourbon France, 1660-1736 by Sen Alexander Smith;

Author:Sen Alexander Smith; [Smith, Seán]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781317136200
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Unlimited)
Published: 2015-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

126 RC, 1:164. 127 Hébert, Mémoires, 11. 128 RC, 1:209. At the time of Jolly’s death, Faure held one of the Congregation’s most influential positions, the parish of Fontainebleau, but he was also Savoyard and therefore not a naturally born subject of Louis XIV. While the Congregation was not bound to elect the vicar general, the probability of Faure’s election was strong enough for Louis XIV to veto him. The Congregation heeded the prohibition, but soon after Pierron’s election on 10 August 1697, members of the Lazarists’ foreign provinces, especially in Poland and Italy, expressed their alarm at the king’s presumption and even questioned Pierron’s election. The king himself began a lengthy correspondence over the issue with his representative in Rome, the former grand almoner Cardinal de Bouillon, and matter-of-factly announced in a letter to the latter dated 26 May 1698 that Pierron had been elected ‘freely and unanimously’, adding only that ‘some Italian and Polish priests who were there for the election claimed to put it into doubt on returning to their countries’.129 According to Louis, the Polish and Italian confreres believed there had been insufficient freedom during the election and refused to submit to Pierron until the pope had confirmed the election. He told de Bouillon that it was important to find out whether the foreign provinces sought to ‘annul the election or extract themselves from the obedience of the general who is in my kingdom’.130 However, de Bouillon’s response in June 1698 made no mention of any Polish or Italian threats to secede. Relating that he had spoken to the Lazarist superior in Rome, the cardinal informed Louis that his veto had indeed troubled the foreign provinces, and even some of the French delegates, because ‘they regarded it as something contrary to their rules and the intention of [Monsieur] Jolly who, as he lay dying, had nominated [Faure]’. However, at this stage, the good of the Congregation had dissuaded them from making a direct appeal to the papacy.131

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