Jean de La Ceppède
Jean de La Ceppède | |
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| Born | c. 1550 Marseille, France |
| Died | 1623 Avignon, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | judge and politician |
| Known for | devotional poetry |
| Title | President of the Court of Audit |
| Predecessor | Hughes de Bompart de Magnan |
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| Children | Angélique |
| Parent(s) | Jean-Baptiste de La Ceppède Claude de Bompar |
Jean de La Ceppède (c. 1550 – 1623) was a French nobleman, judge, and poet from Aix-en-Provence. He was a Christian poet and wrote Alexandrine sonnets in Middle French during the Renaissance in France. He is best known for his Les Théorèmes sur le Sacré Mystère de Nostre Rédemption, a sequence of 515 sonnets, published in two volumes in 1613 and 1622. Taken together, the sonnets are an exegesis on the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, while making many references and comparisons to figures from Classical mythology and taking a heuristic approach.