Bishop Simon Bruté
This file appears in: Old Cathedral’s Bruté Library
Portrait of Simon Brute graces the walls of the secure structure that now preserves his vast collection of books that he had sent here from France in the early 1800's.
This file appears in: Old Cathedral’s Bruté Library
Old Cathedral’s Bruté Library
Who is Bishop Simon Bruté? He was a brilliant man whose remains are interred in a crypt beneath the altar in the Old Cathedral behind you. Bruté was born and raised in Rennes, France in 1779. He studied in France and became a medical doctor during…