Note 403 — Chapter IV · The Closing Days of the Bishop of Lavaur. His Portrait at Villiers

Many authorities give the date of Selve’s death as 1542. The inscription on his portrait at Villiers, however (see page 193), and Bunel’s letters, place beyond dispute the fact that it occurred in 1541, as stated above. Several of Bunel’s letters dated in the summer and latter part of this year enlarge upon the grief caused by the bishop’s decease. Bayle’s “Dictionary” (Art. Bunel), the “Nouvelle Biographie Générale,” etc., also give the year correctly.