DOUJAT, JEAN. – Canon lawyer, born in Toulouse in 1609, died in Paris in 1688. He completed his studies in his native city, where, following family tradition, he became a lawyer and, later, a professor. From 1651 until his death he taught canon law in the law faculty of the University of Paris.
He wrote: Pneumonium canonicorum libri V (Paris 1687, reprinted several times). It is a historical compendium of the sources and literature of canon law, still useful today, especially for the final book, which deals with the history of canon lawyers. Other writings: Specimen iuris canonici apud Gallos usu recepti (Paris 1671) and Notae ad institutiones P. Lancellotti (ibid. 1684).
BIBL.: I. F. Schulte, Geschichte d. Quellen u. Literatur des can. Rechts, III. Stuttgart 1880, p. 608; A. van Hove, Prolegomena, 2nd ed., Mechelen–Rome 1945, pp. 535, 548, 549, 562. Alberto Scola