Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and theologian, founded the French school of spirituality (d. 1629)
Pierre de Bérulle (4 February 1575 – 2 October 1629), was a French Catholic priest, cardinal and statesman, one of the most important mystics of the 17th century in France. He was the founder of the French school of spirituality, who could count among his friends and disciples Vincent de Paul and Francis de Sales.