FONTAINE, NICOLAS. - Biblicist and Jansenist historian, b. in Paris in 1625, d. at Melun on 28 Jan. 1709. Around the age of 25 he withdrew to the solitaries of Port-Royal. He was a follower of A. Arnauld (v.), P. Nicole and L. J. Le Maistre de Sacy.
Works: Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Port-Royal (Utrecht 1736), in which he idealized the figures of the leading solitaries. Accused of Jansenism, he was confined in the Bastille from 13 May 1666 to the end of Oct. 1668. He collaborated with Sacy on the Bible de Royaumont. He published, anonymously, several writings of a biblical character, noting that the notes are taken from St. Augustine and from other Fathers: Pauletier de David (Paris 1674); Explications de St Augustin et sur le Nouveau Testament (ibid. 1675). He translated many works of the Fathers. Accused, among other things, of having turned St. John Chrysostom into a Nestorian or a Jansenist, he was condemned by the Pope on 7 May 1687. He submitted on 4 Sept. 1693.
Bibliography2 worksB. Heurtebize, s. v. in DB. II, col. 2306; L. Sorrento, s. v. in Enc. Ital., XV (1932), p. 631.
BIBL.: B. Heurtebize, s. v. in DB. II, col. 2306; L. Sorrento, s. v. in Enc. Ital., XV (1932), p. 631.
De, Ambroggi Pietro. “Fontaine, nicolas.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1489. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/fontaine-nicolas.
MLA
De, Ambroggi Pietro. “Fontaine, nicolas.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1489. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/fontaine-nicolas.
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@incollection{ec5_fontaine_nicolas,
author = {De, Ambroggi Pietro},
title = {Fontaine, nicolas},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {1489},
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/fontaine-nicolas}
}
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