Duprat, Antoine

Duprat, Antoine a French prelate, was born at Issoire, Auvergne, January 17, 1463; educated first in a Benedictine abbey, and finally under the direction Pf archbishop Boyer, who was his relative; was soon raised to civil office, including the presidency of Parliament, and eventually became chancellor under Francis I. He was ordained priest in 1516, soon after made archbishop of Sens, later cardinal, and died July 8, 1535. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v