Nationality French Children Angélique | Occupation Poet Died 1623, Avignon, France | |
Born c. 1550 Marseille, France Spouse(s) Madeleine de Brancas-Ceyreste
Anne de Faret Parent(s) Jean-Baptiste de La Ceppède
Claude de Bompar Books From the Theorems of Master Jean de La Ceppède: Lxx Sonnets : a Bilingual Edition | ||
Jean de La Ceppède (c. 1550-1623) was a French Christian poet from Aix-en-Provence during the Middle Ages.
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Early life
Jean de La Ceppède was born circa 1550 in Marseille. His father was Jean-Baptiste de La Ceppède and his mother, Claude de Bompar.
He received a Doctorate in Law.
Career
La Ceppède became an Advisor to the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence on October 22, 1578. He advised Perrinet de Rouillas. He became the President of the Court of Audit in 1583, replacing Hughes de Bompar de Magnan. He became its First President on July 14, 1608, replacing Jean de Rollands de Réauville.
La Ceppède acquired the fiefdom of Aygalades from Melchion de Fallet on March 31, 1599. As a result, he became known as the Seigneur (or Lord) of Ayglades. (It later a village known as Les Aygalades, now a neighbourhood in the 15th arrondissement of Marseille.) The fiefdom was home to the Carmelites, and La Ceppède funded the reconstruction of their church.
La Ceppède was a Catholic poet. He wrote poetry in Middle French. He authored Les Théorèmes sur le Sacré Mystère de Nostre Rédemption, a sequence of 515 sonnets, published in 1613 and 1622. The poem is an exegesis of the passion of Jesus Christ. It takes a heuristic approach.
Personal life
La Ceppède married Madeleine de Brancas-Ceyreste, the daughter of Gaspard de Brancas-Forcalquier and Françoise d’Ancezune, and widow of Etienne de Mantin. The wedding took place on April 30, 1685. They had a daughter, Angélique, who married Henri de Simiane, Seigneur (or Lord) of La Coste.
He married a second time, to Anne de Faret, the daughter of Accurse de Faret, the Squire of Avignon, on February 11, 1611.
Death and legacy
La Ceppède died in 1623. Some of his land in Les Aygalades was purchased by the de Guillermy family in 1689, who built the Bastide de la Guillermy.