Famille Saint Olive
The Saint Olive family (Zacharie lineage) is a Lyon family whose history begins in the 17th century and which is made up of several members who influenced Lyon and its surrounding region: the apothecary perfumer Pierre Boiteux de Saint Olive, the designer Paul (Lambert) Saint Olive, the sculptor Michel Saint Olive, and the bankers Saint Olive.
Apothecaries perfumers Saint Olive
Hugues Saint Olive is the son of Zacharie Boiteux de Saint Olive. Hugues Boiteux de Saint Olive was born in 1650 in Saint-Chef-en-Bourgoin (Isère). He was behind the creation of the Saint Olive perfumery apothecary establishments, founded in 1675.[1]. The profession of apothecary in the 17th century consisted of trading in ingredients that make up medicines and perfumery[2]. Saint Olive specialized in the sale of wax and flower essences for perfumers in the Chalon and Lyon regions. [3].
Pierre Saint Olive, Hugues’s son, studied in the most famous laboratories in Paris, Lyon, and Montpellier before returning to his native lands and carrying on the family tradition. To this end, in 1708 he bought the Berthault apothecary shop in Chalon sur Saône and then other establishments in the region.
With its expertise developed through contact with renowned laboratories, the Saint Olive family excelled in the field thanks to a range of unique scents. Saint Olive's success quickly aroused the jealousy of their colleagues in 1709, who tried to hamper Saint Olive's business by various intimidations.[4] To defend himself, Pierre Boiteux de Saint Olive initiated a lawsuit in 1711 against the apothecaries of Chalon, the Lesné and Berthault families. The trial lasted more than three years and for a time prevented Pierre Boiteux de Saint Olive from exercising his profession as an apothecary perfumer. In 1714, the legal battle was finally won by the Saint Olive family, who could establish their perfume business until the end of the 18th century.[4] Driven out by the revolutionaries of the Terror in 1793, the Saint Olives were forced to give up their activities as perfumers and went into exile in Switzerland.[3]
In 2020, Paul (Irénée) Saint Olive relaunched the activities of Saint Olive as an apothecary perfumer, developed by his direct ancestors in the 17th century.
Paul Lambert Saint Olive
Paul Saint-Olive, (1799-1879) Artist, designer, and engraver, he followed and studied the streets and monuments of Lyon, leaving numerous drawings, notes, and historical studies.
Michel Saint Olive
Artist, sculptor, 1917-1993
Bankers Saint Olive
Sources
• Histoire de Bourgogne, par un religieux de St Maur 1748 III, p. 298, p. 125
• Archives de la Côte-d'Or, B. 2901.
• Archives de la Côte-d'Or, série C 240-1, 5959, 6085, 6119, 6373, 6422, 7038.
• Notes héraldiques et généalogiques concernant les pays de Lyonnais, Forez et Beaujolais William Poidebard 1896
References
- ↑ religieux de St Maur (1748). Histoire de Bourgogne (in français). pp. III, 298, 125. Search this book on
- ↑ Extrait d'un texte relatif à la corporation, exposé à l'Hospice Comtesse de Lille
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 William Poidebard (1896). Notes héraldiques et généalogiques concernant les pays de Lyonnais, Forez et Beaujolais (in français). Search this book on
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Archives de la côte d'or. pp. Série b, 2901. Search this book on
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