DAILLE, JEAN (DALLAEUS). - Calvinist pastor, b. at Châtellerault on 6 Jan. 1594 and d. at Paris on 15 Apr. 1670. Barely eighteen years old, he was entrusted with the education of the little nephews of the well-known Calvinist F. Duplessis-Mornay, and together with them he traveled through Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Holland. In Venice he met Fra Paolo Sarpi and soon became his close friend.
In 1626 he was appointed pastor of Charenton, and among his coreligionists he distinguished himself by rare oratorical qualities and profound erudition. He also deserves to be remembered for his study of the Fathers, though not always accurate and thorough. In his polemic against the Catholic Church he was tenacious, while nevertheless showing in his numerous writings breadth of vision and a conciliatory spirit.
Principal works: Traité de l'emploi des Sts Pères pour juger des différends qui sont aujourd'hui en la religion (Geneva 1632); Apologie des Eglises réformées (Charenton 1633); De la créance des Pères sur le fait des images (Geneva 1641); De sacramentali s. auriculari Latinorum Confessione (ibid. 1661); De Confirmatione et Extrema Unctione (ibid. 1669). All of D.'s works are on the Index (decree of 22 March 1672).
Bibliography3 worksA. Daillé, Abrégé de la vie de D., avec le catalogue de ses ouvrages, Geneva 1670; E. Haag, s. v. in La France protestante, IV, p. 180 ff.;
BIBL.: A. Daillé, Abrégé de la vie de D., avec le catalogue de ses ouvrages, Geneva 1670; E. Haag, s. v. in La France protestante, IV, p. 180 ff.; B. Paolucci, s. v. in Enc. Ital., XII (1931), p. 230.
Spedalieri, Francesco. “Daille, jean (dallaeus).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1113. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/daille-jean-dallaeus.
MLA
Spedalieri, Francesco. “Daille, jean (dallaeus).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1113. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/daille-jean-dallaeus.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec4_daille_jean_dallaeus,
author = {Spedalieri, Francesco},
title = {Daille, jean (dallaeus)},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {1113},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/daille-jean-dallaeus}
}
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