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Jules, Cardinal Mazarin
Jules, Cardinal Mazarin, detail of a portrait by Philippe de Champaigne; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.
Jules, Cardinal Mazarin, maintained a firm commitment to Roman orthodoxy and actively defended it against the Jansenist movement. However, despite his opposition to their heterodox views, he notably refrained from advocating for the active persecution of the Jansenists.1