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Chaudon, Louis-Mayeul

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CHAUDON, LOUIS-MAYEUL. - Benedictine, historian and philosopher, b. at Valensoles (Basses-Alpes) on 20 May 1737, d. at Mézin on 28 May 1817.

His principal works are: Nouveau dictionn. historique (4 vols., Avignon 1766; 3rd ed., 30 vols., Paris 1821 ff.); Dict. hist. des auteurs ecclésiast. (4 vols., Lyon 1767); Éléments de l'hist. ecclés. (2 vols., Caen 1786). He fought the Encyclopedists, and especially Voltaire, in the Dictionn. antiphilosophique (2 vols., Paris 1767-69).

Bibliography2 works

BIBL.: I. Lamoureux, s. v. in Nouvelle biogr. génér., IX, p. 126; G. Allemang, s. v. in LThK, II, col. 848.

Benedetto Gioia

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1403.

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Benedetto Gioia. “Chaudon, louis-mayeul.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1403. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/chaudon-louis-mayeul.

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Benedetto Gioia. “Chaudon, louis-mayeul.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1403. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/chaudon-louis-mayeul.

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  author    = {Benedetto Gioia},
  title     = {Chaudon, louis-mayeul},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1403},
  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/chaudon-louis-mayeul}
}

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