title: Gabriel Vendages de Malapeire
text: # Gabriel Vendages de Malapeire
  
  Gabriel Vendages de Malapeire (1624-1702) was a French aristocrat, parliamentarian and poet. He wrote Marian poetry and built a chapel in Toulouse.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Gabriel Vendages de Malapeire was born in 1624. His father was a parliamentarian.
  
  ## Career
  
  Vendages de Malapeire was a courtier to the King of France. He was a member of the Acadèmia dels Jòcs Florals. In 1688, he co-founded the Société des Belles-Lettres de Toulouse with Adrian Martel, a lawyer. The society was discontinued in 1699.
  
  Vendages de Malapeire wrote poetry about the Virgin Mary. In 1671, he patronized the construction of the Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel chapel in Toulouse. It was dedicated in 1678. He authored a description of the chapel in 1692, including the paintings he had commissioned for it.
  
  ## Death and legacy
  
  Vendages de Malapeire died in 1702. His chapel was destroyed in 1806.
  
  