François II de Nesmond

François II de Nesmond (1629–1715) was a French bishop of Bayeux, noted for his reformist principles drawing on the Counter-Reformation as laid down by the Council of Trent.

Portrait of François II de Nesmond

Life

He was bishop in Bayeux from 1661 for the rest of his life. In 1693 he founded the seminary there.[1] In Bayeux Cathedral he undertook construction from 1700 of a rood screen, and a central tower by Jacques Moussard.[2] He also founded in 1700 the chapel of the Augustinians.[3]

He condemned the writings of the theologian Pierre Cally at the University of Caen as tending to heresy.[4]

References
  1. "Ville de Bayeux".
  2. "Ciné, Resto, Concert... Idées de sorties dans ma ville - 118 712".
  3. "Black Friday Best Buy nike, new balance, under armour, asics, polo Shoes Best Sale - Save up to 50% off". Archived from the original on 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
  4. s: Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Pierre Cally

Further reading
  • Ludovic Balavoine, Le système bénéficial du diocèse de Bayeux sous l'épiscopat de François de Nesmond (1662-1715), Histoire, économie et société ISSN 0752-5702, 2009, no. 2, pp. 3–13.
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