Fénélon, François de Salignac de la Mothe, born in 1651, I. 329. His ancestry, 329. His education, 331. Takes his degree at Cahors, 331. The abbé Fénélon's sermons at nineteen applauded, 331. His strict attention to the sacerdotal duties, 332. His purpose of becoming missionary, 332. Louis XIV. desires him to convert the Huguenots, 333. Is the pupil and friend of Bossuet, 335. Writes on female education, 335. His "Telemachus," 337. 356. 371. Appointed archbishop of Cambrai, 339. Is deceived by the zeal and pretended visions of madame Guyon, 340. Declines approval of Bossuet's condemnation of her, 343. Louis XIV. did not like Fénélon, 345, n. Exiled to his diocese, 346. 360. His "Exposition des Maximes des Saints sur la vie intérieure," 344. The pope condemns the book, 352. Controversy on this subject among the great prelates, 344. 350. Fénélon's letters, 360. His religious principles, 362. _et passim._ Is visited by the duke of Burgundy at Cambrai, 364. His active charity, 365. Louis XIV. becomes sensible of his unjust treatment of this great prelate, 366. The archbishop's sickness and death, 367. His character, 368. 370. His conversation, 368. Ramsay, a Scottish baronet, describes his habits and disposition, 369. 370. His dialogues on eloquence, 372. Political views in his "Telemachus," 373. Fénélon, marquis de, I. 331. 367. Ferney, château of, Voltaire's seclusion at the, II. 76. Visitors to, 90. Marmontel, 91. Countess de Genlis, 96. Ferney, village of, II. 101. Fleuri, cardinal de, II. 32. 42. 44. His death. Fleury, abbé de, sous-précepteur of the princes, I. 336. Fontaine, _see_ La Fontaine, I. 150. &c. Fontenelle, nephew of Corneille, I. 41. Observations by, on La Fontaine, 178. Fouquet, minister of finance, incites Pierre Corneille to write "Œdipe," a tragedy, I. 54. His mistake in entertaining his monarch too sumptuously, 111. Offends mademoiselle de la Vallière. 112. Louis XIV. restrains his anger during the fête given by the financier, 113. His disgrace, 162. Is brought to trial, 222. Imprisoned in Pignerol until his death in 1680, 224. His correspondence seized, 224.