Jacques de Coras

Jacques de Coras (1630–1677) was a French poet born in Toulouse. Grandson of jurist Jean de Coras, he was raised in the Protestant religion (Huguenots). After serving as a cadet in the military, he studied theology, and exercised the functions of a Protestant minister in Guyenne. He was, during some time, associated with the person of Turenne, and he converted to Catholicism. He mixed to good effect his poetic studies and his religious work. He died in 1677.

Works

*"la Conversion de Jacques de Coras, dédiée à nosseigneurs du clergé de France"; 1665, Paris, in-12.
*"Jonas, ou Ninive pénitente"; 1663, Paris, in-12.
*Three poems, "Josué, Samson," and "David", were published under the title "Œvres poétiques"; 1665, Paris, 1n-12.

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*This article, in its inaugural (Nov 2005) edition, consists largely of material translated from the article, Coras (Jacques de), in the French-language "Nouvelle Biographie Général:" 1860, Paris: Fermin Didot Frères. vol.xi, column 764. That article, itself, gives as a reference, Moréri, "Grand dict. hist."