Camille de Neufville de Villeroy (22 August 1606, Rome - 3 June 1693, Lyon) was archbishop and count of Lyon and primate of the Gauls from 1653 to 1693. He was the second of five sons of Charles I de Neufville de Villeroy

Neufville de Villeroy family

The Neufville de Villeroy family was a French noble family, the most notable member of which was François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi. It was descended from a finance minister to Louis XII.-Titles:...

, marquis d'Halincourt, and grandson of Nicolas IV de Neufville de Villeroy

Neufville de Villeroy family

The Neufville de Villeroy family was a French noble family, the most notable member of which was François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi. It was descended from a finance minister to Louis XII.-Titles:...

, minister to the kings of France. He owes his Christian name to Camillo Borghese, pope under the name Paul V

Pope Paul V

-Theology:Paul met with Galileo Galilei in 1616 after Cardinal Bellarmine had, on his orders, warned Galileo not to hold or defend the heliocentric ideas of Copernicus. Whether there was also an order not to teach those ideas in any way has been a matter for controversy...

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