BOILEAU, Jacques. - Theologian, canonist, historian, and polemicist; brother of the satirical poet Nicolas; b. in Paris on 16 March 1635. He served as vicar general of the diocese of Sens from 1671 to 1694. He d. in Paris as dean of the theological faculty on 1 August 1716. Faithful to the regalist and Gallican tendencies of his time, he asserted quasi-exclusive rights of the prince in matters of marriage and of universities in the censorship of books. Notable also were his sympathies for presbyterianism: according to his teaching, in antiquity bishops had over presbyters only a right of honor and precedence. He nevertheless earned distinction in the field of sacramental theology, especially regarding the Eucharist and Penance.
Among his numerous works we recall: *De antiquo jure presbyterorum in regimine ecclesiastica* (Lyons 1676 [under the pseudonym C. Fontejus]; placed on the Index on 17 January 1690); *De antiquis et maioribus episcoporum causis* (Liège [= Lyons] 1678; placed on the Index on 1 February 1679); *De sanguine Christi post resurrectionem* (Paris 1681); *Historia confessionis auricularis* (ibid. 1683); *De adoratione Eucharistiae* II. 2, to which is added a theological disquisition on the divine precept of communion under both kinds (ibid. 1685); *Historia flagellantium* (ibid. 1700; placed on the Index on 9 July 1703).