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Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe (fräNswä` də sälēnyäk` də lä môt fānəlôN`), 1651–1715, French theologian and writer, a leader of the quietism quietism, a heretical form of religious mysticism founded by Miguel de Molinos, a 17th-century Spanish priest. Molinism, or quietism, developed within the Roman Catholic Church in Spain and spread especially to France, where its most influential exponent was Madame
..... Click the link for more information. heresy, archbishop of Cambrai. As tutor to the duke of Burgundy, he wrote Télémaque (1699), holding up Ulysses as an example for the young prince. Other writings include a treatise (1687) on female education, and Explications des maximes des saints (1697), mystical instructions in faith for which Fénelon was banished to Cambrai, where he devoted himself to pastoral duties. His Lettre à l'Académie (1716) recommended literary activities for the French Academy. His quietism brought a long quarrel with his former patron Bossuet Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne (zhäk bānē`nyə bôsüā`)
..... Click the link for more information. , which was settled in 1699 when Pope Innocent XII condemned Fénelon's writings.