FOLCO OF NEUILLY. - Parish priest of Neuilly-sur-Marne near Paris, from 1191, d. at Neuilly on 2 March 1201. In 1198 he founded the abbey of St-Antoine-des-Champs. He was an apostle of warm and persuasive eloquence. He had many disciples who followed him also to England, where he went to speak personally with Richard the Lionheart and to preach the Fourth Crusade in that country as well.
Bibliography2 worksD. Beauvier, La France monastique, I, 2nd ed., Paris 1905, pp. 85-87; G. Allemang, s.v. in LThK, IV, col. 230.
BIBL.: D. Beauvier, La France monastique, I, 2nd ed., Paris 1905, pp. 85-87; G. Allemang, s.v. in LThK, IV, col. 230.
Santovito, Emma. “Folco di Neuilly.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1468. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/folco-di-neuilly.
MLA
Santovito, Emma. “Folco di Neuilly.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1468. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/folco-di-neuilly.
BibTeX
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author = {Santovito, Emma},
title = {Folco di Neuilly},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {1468},
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/folco-di-neuilly}
}
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