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Assignies, Jean D'

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ASSIGNIES, JEAN d'. - Belgian Cistercian, ascetical writer, born of a noble family around 1565 at Bauffe, near Chièvres. Having entered the abbey of Cambron, he remained there for many years; from 1618 he was abbot of that of Nizelles, where he died in 1642.

Of his many writings we recall: Vies des personnes illustres en sainteté de l'ordre de Cîteaux, 2 vols., Douai-Mons 1598; Vie et miracles de saint Martin de Tours, ibid. 1625; Allumettes vives pour embraer l'âme à la hayne du péché et l'amour de la vertu par la considération de la passion de Jésus-Christ, ibid. 1629; Fasciculus Myrrhae, ibid. 1630; Bourdon des âmes dévotes et ambitieuses de cheminer avec repos et conscience au pèlerinage de cette vie, dressé sur les avis de Louis de Blois, ibid. 1634.

Bibliography

BIBL.: F. Hennebert, in Biographie Nationale de Belgique, I, Bruxelles 1866, coll. 305-307.

Anselmo Musters

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), coll. 167–168.

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Musters, Anselmo. “Assignies, jean d'.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 167–168. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/assignies-jean-d.

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Musters, Anselmo. “Assignies, jean d'.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 167–168. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/assignies-jean-d.

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  author    = {Musters, Anselmo},
  title     = {Assignies, jean d'},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {167--168},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/assignies-jean-d}
}

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