CHEVALIER, LÉOPOLD. - French theologian, b. at Malzéville (Meurthe-et-Moselle) on 13 Nov. 1846 and d. at Nancy on 12 Aug. 1891. After completing his theological studies at the seminary of Nancy and being ordained a priest on 13 Aug. 1871, he was assigned to the care of souls in the parish of St. Leo IX in Nancy, whence he passed to be professor of philosophy (1874) and of theology (1883) at the seminary of the same city. In his last years he was named honorary canon of the Cathedral.
A master of the spiritual life, he left unfinished a work that was to embrace three parts, corresponding to the three states — natural, supernatural and preternatural — in which the man whom he intends to direct in his spiritual formation may find himself. For the various states of the Christian life and for the various degrees of perfection he forms and educates him with counsels and directives based on the most solid principles of mystical-ascetical and moral-dogmatic science and on the doctrine of the most eminent masters of the spiritual life. His works are: De relationibus inter naturam et gratiam in ordine ad actus elicendos consideratis (lithographed at Nancy 1881); Theses theologicae (ibid. n.d.); De scientia regiminis animarum supernaturalis (ibid. n.d.).
Bibliography4 worksE. Mangenot, L. C., in Semaine religieuse historique et littéraire de la Lorraine, Nancy 1891, pp. 670-79; Hutter, V, col. 1865; E. Mangenot
BIBL.: E. Mangenot, L. C., in Semaine religieuse historique et littéraire de la Lorraine, Nancy 1891, pp. 670-79; Hutter, V, col. 1865; E. Mangenot, s. v. in DThG, II, coll. 2362-63; L. Marchal, s. v. in DSp, II, coll. 831-32.
Zollini, Vito. “Chevalier, léopold.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, coll. 1415–1416. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/chevalier-leopold.
MLA
Zollini, Vito. “Chevalier, léopold.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 1415–1416. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/chevalier-leopold.
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@incollection{ec3_chevalier_leopold,
author = {Zollini, Vito},
title = {Chevalier, léopold},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {1415--1416},
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/chevalier-leopold}
}
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