GUÉRIN, PAUL. - French hagiographer and theologian of the 19th century, b. at Buzançais in 1830, d. at Châteauroux on 23 June 1908. He taught philosophy (1855-63) at the College of St-Dizier and translated Milton's Paradise Lost into French (Paris 1857).
He published various historical-theological studies, such as Catéchisme politique (2 vols., Paris 1889); Conciles généraux et particuliers (3 vols., Bar-le-Duc 1868-69); Concile œcuménique du Vatican (ibid. 1871). But he is known particularly for a series of hagiographical publications for which he made use of previous works and which, although of little scholarly value, were widely circulated and contributed to the popularization of hagiographical knowledge. Noteworthy among them all: Les petits Bollandistes (17 vols., 17 editions between 1858 and 1882 at Bar-le-Duc); Le palmier séraphique ou vie des saints et des hommes et femmes illustres des Ordres de St François (12 vols., ibid. 1872-74). He contributed to the general culture of the people with the encyclopedia Dictionnaire des dictionnaires (6 vols., Paris 1886-89) and with the Nouveau dictionnaire universel illustré (Tours 1892).
Bibliographyanon., s. v. in Dictionnaire des dictionnaires, IV, 449. Review of Les Petits Bollandistes, in Civ. Catt., 1879, iv, p. 691 ff. Stanislao Ma
BIBL.: anon., s. v. in Dictionnaire des dictionnaires, IV, 449. Review of Les Petits Bollandistes, in Civ. Catt., 1879, iv, p. 691 ff.
Majarelli, Stanislao. “Guérin, paul.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1229. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/guerin-paul.
MLA
Majarelli, Stanislao. “Guérin, paul.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1229. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/guerin-paul.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_guerin_paul,
author = {Majarelli, Stanislao},
title = {Guérin, paul},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {1229},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/guerin-paul}
}
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