François Fénelon
His Grace, The Most Reverend François Fénelon P.S.S | |
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| Archbishop of Cambrai | |
Portrait by Joseph Vivien | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Cambrai |
| See | Old Cambrai Cathedral |
| Installed | 30 May 1695 |
| Term ended | 7 January 1715 |
| Predecessor | Jacques-Théodore de Bryas |
| Successor | Jean d'Estrées |
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| Born | 6 August 1651 Sainte-Mondane, France |
| Died | 7 January 1715 (aged 63) Cambrai, France |
| Occupation | Theologian, writer, tutor |
| Alma mater | Collège du Plessis |
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François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, PSS (French: [fʁɑ̃swa də saliɲak də la mɔt fenəlɔ̃]), more commonly known as François Fénelon (6 August 1651 – 7 January 1715), was a French Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer. Today, he is remembered mostly as the author of The Adventures of Telemachus, first published in 1699. He was a member of the Sulpician Fathers.