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Battandier, Albert

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BATTANDIER, ALBERT. - Priest, b. 11 April 1850, at St-Félicien (Ardèche), d. there on 23 May 1921. Having entered the major seminary of Viviers in 1871, he was ordained a priest in 1875. Having gone to Rome to the French seminary, he obtained his doctorate in 1879 in theology and in canon law. He then became secretary and vicar general of Card. Pitra, whose library he inherited upon the latter's death. In 1897 he edited and published for the first time the work that made him famous throughout the world, the Annuaire pontifical catholique, "a true Roman and ecclesiastical encyclopedia, a mine of various documents and of instructive and practical information."

Bibliography

BIBL.: Obituary in Annuaire pontifical catholique, Paris 1922. Silvio Furlani

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By Silvio Furlani

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), coll. 1002–1003.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Battandier, albert.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 1002–1003. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/battandier-albert.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Battandier, albert.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 1002–1003. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/battandier-albert.

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@incollection{ec2_battandier_albert,
  author    = {Furlani, Silvio},
  title     = {Battandier, albert},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {1002--1003},
  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/battandier-albert}
}

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