Editing Eusèbe Renaudot (section)

==Biography==
Renaudot was born in [[Paris]], and brought up and educated for a career in the church. After being educated by the Jesuits, and joining the Oratorians in 1666, he was in poor health, left his order, and never took more than [[minor orders]].<ref name=CE>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Eusebius Renaudot}}</ref> Despite his interest in [[theology]] and his title of ''[[abbé]]'', much of his life was spent at the French court, where he attracted the notice of [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert|Colbert]] and was often employed in confidential affairs.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

He was a prominent supporter of [[Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet]], in the controversies with [[Richard Simon (priest)|Richard Simon]], [[François Fénelon]] and the Jesuits. In later life his attitudes became [[Catholic Church in France|Gallican]] and [[Jansenist]]. He became a member of the [[Académie française]] (1689), the [[Academy of Inscriptions]] (1691), and the [[Accademia della Crusca]] of Florence.<ref name=CE/>