Saints celebrated on the 3rd of June
ROBERT BRIÇONNET, ARCHBISHOP OF REIMS
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Robert, Archbishop of Reims, France, was the fifth son of Jean Briçonnet, and an elder brother of Cardinal Guillaume. He owed to the credit which Guillaume had with Charles VIII his rapid elevation to public offices and dignities. He was named Canon of Saint-Aignan at Orleans, Abbot of the rich Abbey of Saint-Vaast at Arras, and in 1493 he was raised to the archiepiscopal See of Reims. Charles appointed him President of the Superior Tribunal of Finances, and Chancellor of France. He enjoyed this new dignity for only twenty-two months before his death. He showed himself, as did his brothers and nephews, a patron of men of letters. Robert died in Moulins on June 3, 1497.
From Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
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