{"id":7269,"date":"2018-08-27T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=7269"},"modified":"2018-08-21T13:45:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T19:45:58","slug":"saint-vincents-reading-list-lxiv-the-death-of-louis-xiii-1643","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2018\/08\/27\/saint-vincents-reading-list-lxiv-the-death-of-louis-xiii-1643\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Vincent\u2019s Reading List LXIV: The Death of Louis XIII (1643)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Title page of Jacques Dinet and Antoine Girard’s work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dinet, Jacques and Antoine Girard.\u00a0L’ide\u0301e d’une belle mort ou d’une mort chre\u0301tienne : dans le re\u0301cit de la fin heureuse de Louis XIII. surnomme\u0301 le juste, roy de France et de Navarre, tire\u0301 de quelques me\u0301moires du feu P. Jacques Dinet, son confesseur, de la compagnie de Je\u0301sus et de\u0301die\u0301 au Roy.\u00a0<\/em>A Paris : De l’imprimerie royale, MDCLVI [1656].<\/p>\n

Call Number:\u00a0 SpC. 944.032 G517i1656<\/a><\/p>\n

On May 14, 1643, Louis XIII died at the age of 41 after a long illness. His death occurred at the royal chateau at Saint Germain-en-Laye. At the request of the Queen, Vincent de Paul visited the dying monarch twice in his final days. In a letter written the day after the king\u2019s death, Monsieur Vincent noted: \u201cI have never seen anyone die in a more Christian manner\u2026. Never have I seen greater elevation of the soul toward God, greater tranquility, greater apprehension of the smallest atom that seemed to be sin, greater kindness, or better judgment in a person in this state.\u201d[1]<\/a> When the king\u2019s doctors informed their royal patient that death seemed imminent, the monarch spontaneously recited the Te Deum<\/em>. Vincent de Paul recounted, \u201che\u2026 finished it with so much fervor that the mere remembrance of it still moves me to tears as I tell you about it now.\u201d Years later in 1657, Monsieur Vincent also told the Daughters of Charity that he had urged the king to take some nourishment as his doctor had prescribed.[2]<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to Vincent, the king\u2019s Jesuit confessor Jacques Dinet, his chaplain Dominque S\u00e9guier the Bishop of Meaux, and Philippe Cosp\u00e9an, the Bishop of Lisieux, assisted the dying king. Every aspect of a French king\u2019s life from his birth to his death was a public spectacle since the monarch was not a private person but rather the ideal personification of the kingdom\u2019s civil and religious identities.<\/p>\n

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Frontispiece\u00a0of Jacques Dinet and Antoine Girard’s work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jacques Dinet, S.J. (1584-1653), left an exhaustive almost minute-by-minute account of the king\u2019s final illness and death. Dinet\u2019s premise was that Louis XIII or \u201cLouis le Juste\u201d had died the way he had lived, as the \u201cRex Christianissimus.\u201d As the monarch\u2019s confessor, Dinet possessed impeccable credentials for telling the story of the king\u2019s noble and admirable death. Anne of Austria later asked for the publication of Dinet\u2019s account. Antoine Girard, S.J. (1604-1679), published Dinet\u2019s work in 1656 and dedicated it to the young Louis XIV.<\/p>\n

Dinet\u2019s work confirms the presence of Monsieur Vincent at the king\u2019s deathbed. The Jesuit filled his account with fascinating details about court etiquette, and gave touching insights into the faith and personality of Louis XIII. Included in these details was the king\u2019s deathbed reconciliation with his deceased mother Queen Marie de Medici who had died in exile the previous year in Cologne.<\/p>\n

Dinet\u2019s account confirms that the king recommended that Monsieur Vincent be consulted in the appointment of worthy candidates for bishoprics.<\/p>\n

Vincent\u2019s presence at the king\u2019s deathbed has long been commemorated in paintings. Tradition also has held that Vincent de Paul gave the king a crucifix to comfort him in his last hours. Dinet\u2019s and Vincent de Paul\u2019s own accounts do not confirm this detail.<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Letter #660.\u00a0 Vincent de Paul to Bernard Codoing, in Rome.\u00a0 Dated May 15, 1643 from Paris.\u00a0 Pierre Coste, C.M., Vincent de Paul: \u201cCorrespondence, Conferences, Documents), (New York: New City Press, 1989), 2:435<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Conference #85. \u201cService of the Sick and Care of One\u2019s own health.\u201d\u00a0 November 11, 1657. Ibid., 10:276.<\/a><\/p>\n

St. Vincent\u2019s Reading List is a recurring blog series exploring texts known to have been read and recommended by Saint Vincent de Paul, those which can be presumed to have been read by him, and works published during his lifetime (1581-1660) illustrating his world. All materials discussed are held by DePaul University\u2019s John T. Richardson Library.\u00a0<\/em>The entire series may be viewed here<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dinet, Jacques and Antoine Girard.\u00a0L’ide\u0301e d’une belle mort ou d’une mort chre\u0301tienne : dans le re\u0301cit de la fin heureuse de Louis XIII. surnomme\u0301 le juste, roy de France et de Navarre, tire\u0301 de quelques me\u0301moires du feu P. Jacques Dinet, son confesseur, de la compagnie de Je\u0301sus et de\u0301die\u0301 au Roy.\u00a0A Paris : De <\/p>\n

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