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Roger Bontemps

Illustration — Titlepage of a 1536 work of Collerye Roger de Collerye (c. 1470–1540), nicknamed Roger Bontemps, was a priest and secretary of the Bishop of Auxerre. He was famous for his jovial personality, and presided over a convivial society at Auxerre, earning the facetious title the "Mad Abbot".

Roger Bontemps

Vignette du faucheur, de Pierre Roffet, en première page de l'édition des oeuvres de Roger de Collerye

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Died
1540
Nationality
France
Occupation
poet · priest · writer
Languages
Middle French

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Illustration — Titlepage of a 1536 work of Collerye Roger de Collerye (c. 1470–1540), nicknamed Roger Bontemps, was a priest and secretary of the Bishop of Auxerre. He was famous for his jovial personality, and presided over a convivial society at Auxerre, earning the facetious title the "Mad Abbot".

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