CAILLAU, ARMAND-BENJAMIN. - French priest, b. in Paris on 22 Oct. 1794, d. there on 4 July 1850.
A benefactor of patrology and hagiography: he began with a new edition of the Thesaurus biblicus of Merz (2 vols., Paris 1822), which was followed by a Thesaurus floresque doctorum (8 vols., ibid. 1823-25). He then began a Collectio selecta SS. Ecclesiae Patrum, interrupted at vol. CXXXIII because of the appearance of Migne's two patrologies (ibid. 1829-42). From the works of the Fathers he made a selection of the most important; of the Greek Fathers he gave only the Latin translation. St. John Chrysostom and St. Augustine are complete. He also began a Rhetorica SS. Patrum, planned in 5 vols., of which only 3 appeared (ibid. 1838). He planned a corrected reissue of Ceillier's Histoire générale des auteurs sacrés et ecclésiastiques; but only vols. III and IV appeared (ibid. 1838 and 1839). Finally, the second volume of the works of St. Gregory of Nazianzus is his (2 vols., Paris 1842: reproduced in PG 37-38). In addition to this he planned a Bibliotheca SS. Patrum Mariana, part of which appeared in the form of pamphlets of Marian mysticism.
Bibliography3 worksE. Mangenot, s. v. in DThL, II, col. 1304 ff.; J. F. Sallier, s. v. in Cath. Enc., III, p. 142; J. Zellinger, s. v. in LThK, II, col. 697 f.
BIBL.: E. Mangenot, s. v. in DThL, II, col. 1304 ff.; J. F. Sallier, s. v. in Cath. Enc., III, p. 142; J. Zellinger, s. v. in LThK, II, col. 697 f.
Benedetto Gioia. “Caillau, armand-benjamin.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 301. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/caillau-armand-benjamin.
MLA
Benedetto Gioia. “Caillau, armand-benjamin.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 301. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/caillau-armand-benjamin.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec3_caillau_armand_benjamin,
author = {Benedetto Gioia},
title = {Caillau, armand-benjamin},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {301},
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/caillau-armand-benjamin}
}
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