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Finely chiseled and openwork gilded brass medallion, presenting a lock of hair of Monseigneur de Queslin (de Quélen*), Archbishop of Paris from 1821 to 1839, vintage 19th century.
This medallion is in good general condition. Annotation on the back (Monseigneur de Queslin, and name of his successor Monseigneur Affre).
Note: some dirt on the frame and the gilding, wear and tear, see photos.
is the 125th archbishop of Paris, from 1821 to 1839. Son of Jean de Quélen, sea captain of the king and squadron leader, originally from Plouagat, he studied at the college of Navarre under the direction of several ecclesiastical tutors, including Monsieur Émery . Ordained priest in 1807 by Jean-Baptiste de Caffarelli du Falga, bishop of Saint-Brieuc, he served for a year as vicar general of the diocese of Saint-Brieuc then became secretary to Cardinal Fesch, archbishop of Lyon, primate of Gaul and uncle of the Emperor Napoleon I. He returned to the archdiocese of Paris, where he was assigned to the Saint-Sulpice church and military hospitals. Under the Restoration, he successively became spiritual director of the schools of the archdiocese, vicar general of Paris, bishop in partibus of Samosate (de) and coadjutor of the cardinal-archbishop of Paris Alexandre-Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord, whom he succeeded in 1821 A good preacher and well in court with Kings Louis XVIII and Charles X, he was elected to the French Academy on July 29, 1824 against Casimir Delavigne. He died on December 31, 1839. His remains were buried at Notre-Dame de Paris, in the Saint-Marcel chapel. His successor was Denys Auguste Affre (1793-1848) who became the 126th archbishop of Paris.
