Antoine-Éléonor-Léon Leclerc de Juigné was a French Catholic prelate and politician who served as Archbishop of Paris from 1782 to 1802. He was elected deputy of the clergy to the Estates General of 1
Portrait engraving of Antoine-Éléonor-Léon Leclerc de Juigné
Archbishop Juigné in 1781
Watercolor engraving of Juigné as a deputy to the Estates General
Posthumous portrait of Antoine Leclerc de Juigné
Concordat of 1801
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The Concordat of 1801 is an agreement between the First French Republic and the Holy See, signed by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII on 15 July 1801 in Paris. It remained in effect un
Antoine-Éléonor-Léon Leclerc de Juigné
…in Augsburg, offered to him by Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony, Elector of Trier. He returned to Paris in 1802 after the promulgation of the Napoleonic Concordat, and without difficulty, resigned his archdiocese at the request of Pope Pius VII on 31 January 1802. Juigné then lived in retirement among his family…
Allegory of the Concordat of 1801, by Pierre Joseph Célestin François
The signing of the Concordat, 15 July 1801 by François Gérard, 1803-1804