Philippe du Bec

Philippe Crespin du Bec (1519 – January 10, 1605) was a French churchman of the 16th century.

[incomprehensible] Philippe du Bec is the second son of Charles du Bec, lord of Bourri and Vardes, vice-admiral of France, and his wife Magdelaine or Marguerite de Beauvillier.

Dean of the Saint-Maurice cathedral in Angers, he became bishop of Vannes in 1559,[4] following the resignation of Sébastien de L'Aubespine.

He was present at his coronation on February 27, 1594, in the cathedral of Chartres, and as a prelate reminded him of the obligations of a Catholic monarch, then "the eldest son of the Church."

Recognizing it, Henry IV named it in 1594 to Archbishop of Reims and made the following year Commander of its Orders.