, was an eminent prior, and doctor of the Sorbonne in 1454, and rector
, was an eminent
prior, and doctor of the Sorbonne in 1454, and rector of
the university of Paris in 1467, who taught rhetoric, philosophy, and divinity, with great reputation. He opposed
the plan formed by Louis XI. of arming the scholars, and
was entrusted with several commissions of importance.
Fichet went to Rome with cardinal Bessarion, who dedicated his orations to him in 1470, and he was well received
by pope Sixtus IV. and appointed his chamberlain. We
have a work of his on “Rhetoric,
” and some “Epistles,
”
written in very elegant language for that age, printed at
the Sorbonne.,