, in Latin Corasitjs, was born at Toulouse, or rather at Realmont,
, in Latin Corasitjs, was born at
Toulouse, or rather at Realmont, 1513. He taught law at
Anger, Orleans, Paris, Padua, Ferrara, and Toulouse, with
universal applause, and was afterwards counsellor to the
parliament of Toulouse, and chancellor of Navarre; but,
turning protestant, was driven from Toulouse, 1562, and,
with difficulty, restored by the patronage of chancellor de
l'Hospital, his friend. This return, however, proved unfortunate; for he was murdered in that city, 1573, after
the massacre of St. Bartholomew was known there. He
left only a daughter. Coras wrote some excellent works
in Latin and French, the principal of which were printed,
1556 and 1558, 2 vols. fol. His “Miscellaneorum Juris
Civilis libri tres,
” is particularly valued. His life was
written by a descendant, James Coras, also a protestant,
and published in 1673, 4to.