Died: May 2, 1702.

De la Brunetière earned his D.D. de­gree from the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Par­is. For 16 years, he was Vi­car Gen­er­al at Par­is be­fore be­com­ing Bi­shop of Saintes on No­vem­ber 30, 1677. His hymns ap­peared in the Par­is Brev­i­a­ry (1680 & 1736), the Clu­ni­ac Brev­i­a­ry (1686), and other French brev­i­aries. In the Par­is Bre­vi­a­ry of 1736, his hymns are signed “G. Ep. S.” (Guill­aume, Bi­shop of Saintes).

Sources

Hymns

1. Ad nuptias agni Pater
   • To the Lamb’s Festival
   • To Share the Lamb’s High Marriage Rites
2. Christe pas­torum caput atque princeps
3. Non vana dilectum gregem
4. Pas­tore per­cus­so, mi­na
   • O Lord, Thy Voice the Mountain Shakes
   • Shepherd Now Was Smitten, The
   • Shepherd Smitten Is, The, and Lo
   • Shepherd Now Was Smitten, The
   • Smitten Is the Shepherd Good
   • They Smite the Shepherd! Fired with Wrath
5. Plagis Magistri saucia
6. Sat Paule sat terris datum
7. Sudore sat tuo fides