Entering the Dominican Order at the age of eighteen, he studied in the convent of St-Jacques, Paris, and at the Sorbonne, obtaining the licentiate in theology, 6 February 1527.
His reputation for learning and eloquence led to his appointment as grand inquisitor for France (1534), an office which he held until his death.
Compelled to pronounce upon false accusations made against Ignatius Loyola and "The Spiritual", he detected the fraud.
grace, justification, sin, liberty, law (no exclusive reference to 1 Corinthians 14:19).
Other works attributed to him are: Opusculum de imaginibus, and Septem scholae contra haereticos, but Jacques Échard does not assign the places or dates of their publication.