In his early youth he entered the Cluniac monastery of Mozac near Riom, later continued his studies at the monastery of Saint-Allyre in Clermont, and completed them at the College de Navarre in Paris, where he obtained the doctorate in theology in 1562.
He began his academic career by joining the Cluniac monastery of Mozac near Riom, continued his studies at the Saint-Allyre monastery in Clermont, and concluded them at the College de Navarre in Paris, where he earned his doctorate in theology in 1562.