Nicolas Patouillet (Salins 1622 (or 1633... - Lot 323 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

Nicolas Patouillet (Salins 1622 (or 1633 according to Sommervogel) - 1710), Jesuit, brother of Estienne "le Bossuet comtois", he was related to the Abbot d'Olivet, a native of Salins like him; superior of the French mission in London, he devoted himself to prediction, published Sentiments of a soul to gather in God (Besançon, 1700), and was a faithful friend of Bourdaloue. Autograph manuscript, Instauratio literarum ad Lucalia anno 1657 - Theologiæ studium: Oceanus Divinitatis enavigandus (booklet of 26 pp. ½ petit in-4) accompanied by 2 other autograph pieces (6 pp. petit in-4). Dôle, 1657-1659. Collection of Latin odes written in Dôle, the first of which reveals the quality of the author: a professor of theology at the college of l'Arc in Dôle. Instauratio literarum ad Lucalia anno 1657 - Theologiæ studium: Oceanus Divinitatis enavigandus. I.e.: Inaugural course of letters for St. Luke's Day 1657 - Study of theology - crossing the Ocean of the Divinity. The author compares the course on God and the Divinity that he is to develop in the next four years to a trans-oceanic navigation, (quadrienni remigio) hence the beginning : Littus soluto fune relinquimus Raising the mooring we leave the shore, Inflexa lente lente brachia ductiles Our bent arms move the extended oars Remos in altum, & ripa humato Towards the open sea and the shore has receded... Detumuit fugitiva portu. Fleeing far from the port engulfed under the horizon. And the final notice, quo primum anno Theologiæ datum esset operam Dolæ 18 8bris 1657: the year when for the first time theology was dealt with in Dôle. One notices an ode to Leopold I of Austria for his election (July 18, 1658). But the author apologizes for not being able to compose a second one for the coronation, together with N. Avancini, an Austrian Jesuit, and Jacques Baldé, another Jesuit and poet. At that time Dôle was not attached to the crown of France. It is known that the college of Dôle was entrusted to the