Artus de Lionne

Artus de Lionne (1655–1713) in 1686 (detail).
The 1686 Siamese embassy of Kosa Pan, accompanied by their translator, Artus de Lionne (right). Painted by Jacques Vigouroux Duplessis (c.1680–1732).[1]

Artus de Lionne (1655–1713), abbé and Bishop of Rosalie in partibus infidelium, in Turkey, was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.[2] He was a son of Louis XIV's Foreign Minister, Hugues de Lionne.[3][4]

  1. ^ Les Missions Etrangères, p.44
  2. ^ French Speakers at the Cape in the First Hundred Years of Dutch East India ... – Page 316 by Maurice Boucher
  3. ^ Saint-Simon and the Court of Louis XIV By Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie p.215 [1]
  4. ^ Rituals of majesty: France, Siam, and court spectacle in royal image-building at Versailles in 1685 and 1686 Canadian Journal of History, Aug 1996 by Love, Ronald S [2]