COCHELET, ANASTASE. - Carmelite theologian, born in 1551 in Mézières (Champagne), died in 1624 in Reims. He was a religious in the convent of Reims, doctor of theology at the University of Paris, later prior of the convents of Reims and Paris, and finally provincial. A learned man and staunch defender of the Catholic faith against Protestantism, renowned preacher, member of the French League to maintain the unity of worship in France, he resisted the kings Henry III and Henry IV, who favored the Huguenots, and was thus forced to take refuge in Belgium, where he remained from 1594 to 1617.
Works: *Palaestrina honoris D. Virginis Hallensis pro Iusto Lipsio, adversus dissertationem mentiti idoli Hallensis*... (Antwerp 1607, 1627); *Calvini infernus adversus eundem Polyandrum* (ibid. 1606, 1610); *Coemeterium Calvini, adversus eundem Polyandrum* (ibid. 1612); *Répétitions du St Sacrifice de la Messe en forme d'homilies* (ibid. 1602); *Commentaire catholique en forme de discours* (ibid. 1616).