Du Lau, Jean Marie

Du Lau, Jean Marie a French prelate and theologian, born October 30, 1738, was general agent of the clergy, and- became archbishop of Aries in 1775. Having opposed the French Revolution, he was arrested, after August 10, and imprisoned in the convent of the Carmelites, in Rue de Vaugirard, where he was assassinated, September 2, 1792. He wrote, Adresse au Roi (Paris, 1792): —Recueil de Mandements et Lettres Pastorales (Aries, 1795). His complete works were published by Jacques. Constant (ibid. 1817). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.