Arnaud, ANTOINE, the greatest advocate of his time in France, was born at Paris in 1560.
Descended from an ancient and distinguished family of Auvergne, he strongly supported the claims of Henry IV. to the throne; and became advocate-general and councillor of state. His zealous defence of the university of Paris against the Jesuits in 1594 won for him a wide celebrity. He published a work against the Society of Jesus, and several treatises of a political character. The Jesuits accused him, unjustly, of being a Huguenot. He had twenty-two children, some of whom formed the nucleus of the Jansenists and Port-Royalists. He died 29th December 1619.