BAZIN, JEAN-BAPTISTE. — Franciscan ascetical writer, b. at Auxonne (Côte-d'Or) in 1637, d. at Dijon in 1708. Bachelor in theology at the Sorbonne, he was guardian in several convents and in 1672 made a journey to Rome. He wrote a life of St. John of Capistrano (Vignieu 1692); *Eclaircissements sur la sainte Messe justifiés par l'Ecriture, les conciles et les Pères* (Paris 1688); *La grande Messe et la manière de l'entendre* (Lyon 1687).
His principal work is the *Praxis recollectionis annua ad usum ff. Min. de Observantia* (Lyon-Paris 1686), dedicated to François de Harlay, Archbishop of Paris. The first work of its kind in Franciscan ascetical literature, it was composed to facilitate the practice of the annual retreat of 7 or 8 days imposed on the whole Order by the General Chapter of Toledo (1658).