Sorbonne In Paris: RICHER, re-sha', Edmond, French Roman Catholic priest: b. Chaource, now in Aube Department, France, 1559; d. Paris, 1633. After taking his doctorate at the Sorbonne, he became director of the College of Cardinal Lemoine (1594) and later syndic of the theological faculty of the University of Paris. In 1611 he published De ecc/csiastica ct po/itica potestate, an extreme statement of the principles of Gallicanism (q.v.), opposing the exercise of certain powers by the pope. The book was condemned, and Richer was deposed from his offices. Apparently under pressure, he finally retracted in 1629 and became a canon of Paris.
His pictures themselves were essentially architectural in their arrangements. Among his mural decorations are those at Marseilles, Lyons, Lille, Poitiers, those in the hotels de Ville at Rouen, and Paris, the Hemicycle of the Sorbonne in Paris, the series on St. Genevieve in the Pantheon and the decorations of the staircase of the public library in Boston. In the last-named work he sought, as he himself stated, "to represent under a symbolic form and in a single view the intellectual treasures collected in this beautiful building."
His new patron also gave him the curacy of Meudon, near Paris. It is improbable that Rabelais ever attended to parochial duties at either of his curacies, which, shortly before his death, he resigned. The fourth book appeared in 1552 with the king's privilege and a dedication to Odet de Coligny, cardinal de Chatillon. Despite these commendations, it was suppressed by the Sorbonne, but Rabelais' protectors were powerful and the censorship was soon lifted.
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