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PIERRE GUERIN DE TENCIN (1679-1758)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 614 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PIERRE See also:GUERIN DE See also:TENCIN (1679-1758)  , See also:French ecclesiastic, See also:archbishop of See also:Embrun and See also:Lyons, and See also:cardinal, was See also:born at See also:Grenoble on the 22nd of See also:August 1679 . He owed his See also:quick advance to See also:power to his See also:sister Claudine (see above) . He was a strong opponent of the Jansenists, and in 1742 was appointed a See also:minister of See also:state to See also:Louis XV., though he held no See also:portfolio . He died on the 2nd of See also:March 1758 .

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