Jean-Baptiste Surian
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Jean-Baptiste Surian is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...
–3 August 1754) was a French Oratorian and preacher who became bishop of Vence
Ancient Diocese of Vence
The former French Catholic diocese of Vence existed until the French Revolution. Its see was at Vence in Provence, in the modern department of Alpes Maritimes.After the Concordat of 1801, the territory of the diocese passed to the diocese of Nice.-History:...
. He was elected to the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1733.