du Bellay
Americannoun
noun
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Among the many sets of bones they discovered are those believed to belong to the Renaissance poet Joachim du Bellay.
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Du Bellay is still taught in French schools, and a few of his poems are widely-known.
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Born near Angers in western France around 1522, du Bellay was – with Pierre de Ronsard – founder of a circle of poets known as La Pleiade which championed French, rather than Latin, as a language of poetry.
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It was known from records that du Bellay was buried in Notre-Dame, where he had served as a minor clerical official.
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Du Bellay suffered in later years from deafness and debilitating headaches – symptoms consistent with the researchers’ findings.
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