Jean de Vauzelles

Born in Lyon around 1495, Jean de Vauzelles came from a family of notaries and was shaped by the humanist culture of his time. Sources describe him as a priest, a scholar trained in law, and later prior of Montrottier, with strong ties to the intellectual life of Lyon.

He is remembered for combining religious commitment with literary and charitable work. During the severe famine in Lyon in 1531, he was noted for helping the poor, and later accounts also connect him with the founding of the city's Aumône générale. He was close to the circle of Marguerite de Navarre and is often described as a Catholic humanist.

Vauzelles also worked as a translator and writer. Bibliographic records link him to devotional and poetic texts, including translations from Italian and works associated with the famous 1538 Dance of Death tradition. Exact dates vary by source, but he appears to have died sometime in the late 1550s or early 1560s.