(person) 1653-1743; Fr. cardinal & statesman: prime minister (1726-43) under Louis XV.
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(person) 1640-1723; Fr. ecclesiastical historian.
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(heraldry, especially of a cross) Finished at the ends with fleurs-de-lis.
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Origin of fleury
Frenchfleuri covered with flowers, past participle of fleurir. See flourish.
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The pope condemned this marriage as adulterous; and Abbo of Fleury, who visited Rome shortly after Gregory V.'s accession, is said to have procured the restoration of Arnulf at the new pontiff's demand.
He found favour at the Frankish court, was made abbot of Fleury and of Saint-Aignan, and in 781 became bishop of Orleans.
Four of the medieval historians from whom he quotes most frequently are Sigebert of Gembloux, Hugh of Fleury, Helinand of Froidmont, and William of Malmesbury, whom he uses for Continental as well as for English history.
It passed into the office of Prime, apparently first at Fleury.