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Capuchin, one of the great figures of the French School of Spirituality, P\u00e8re Joseph is best known for his role as a diplomatic advisor to Richelieu: for him was invented the title, now common in everyday language, of Grey Eminence.<\/p>\n
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Fran\u00e7ois Leclerc du Tremblay<\/strong>, better known by his religious name P\u00e8re Joseph, was born in Paris in 1577 into a family of robe nobility. After studying in Italy and participating in the siege of Amiens, he met, through Madame Acarie\u2019s circle, Beno\u00eet de Canfield, and placed himself under his guidance.<\/p>\n He joined the Capuchins in 1599, taking the name Joseph de Paris. With Antoinette d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans, coadjutrix abbess of the Abbey of Fontevrault, he developed plans for monastic reform: the abbess and some nuns left in 1611 to found a new institute, strongly inspired by P\u00e8re Joseph\u2019s ideas: the Benedictines of Calvary.<\/p>\n From 1612 onwards, P\u00e8re Joseph\u2019s life was marked by significant involvement in political and diplomatic affairs, in the shadow of Richelieu\u2019s growing power. He became his \u201cgrey eminence,\u201d his friend, confidant, and trusted man. Through his network of Capuchin monks, he created, for the Cardinal, an extensive intelligence network. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/leperejoseph.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/citation.png” title_text=”quote” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#b2ced5″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”80%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/leperejoseph.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Texte-2.png” title_text=”Text 2″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LE p\u00e8re josephCapuchin, one of the great figures of the French School of Spirituality, P\u00e8re Joseph is best known for his role as a diplomatic advisor to Richelieu: for him was invented the title, now common in everyday language, of Grey Eminence.Fran\u00e7ois Leclerc du Tremblay, better known by his religious name P\u00e8re Joseph, was born […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-282558","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
P\u00e8re Joseph continued to support Richelieu until his death on December 17, 1638, in Rueil, either as a negotiator of certain treaties or as an advisor.<\/p>\n