Bellay

American

[be-lay] / bɛˈleɪ /

noun

Joachim du c1525–60, French poet.

Bellay British

/ bɛlɛ /

noun

Joachim du (ʒɔaʃɛ̃ dy). 1522–60, French poet, a member of the Pléiade

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Scientists say they are nearly certain a lead coffin found beneath the transept is that of Joachim du Bellay, who died in Paris in 1560 at the age of about 37.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024

Du Bellay is still taught in French schools, and a few of his poems are widely-known.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024

It was known from records that du Bellay was buried in Notre-Dame, where he had served as a minor clerical official.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024

Du Bellay suffered in later years from deafness and debilitating headaches – symptoms consistent with the researchers’ findings.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024

But in France the decadence had been still more striking, because of the extremely high line adopted by Ronsard and Du Bellay in their prose manifestos.

From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse

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