ISNARD, ETIENNE. - Theologian, canonist, and historian, born in Toulon on 17 January 1578, died there on 24 October 1656. He entered the Order of Minims in Aix-en-Provence in 1607. After teaching philosophy and theology, he devoted himself entirely to preaching, achieving many conversions. Gifted with notable erudition, he founded the library of the Convent of Toulon, of which he was also Superior. Among his works, the following were published: *Sermon pour l'Advent* (Lyon 1628) and *Codex Minimius Ordinis Minorum* (I, ibid. 1631; II, ibid. 1632). He left other works in manuscript, including *Histoire de Toulon*, widely used by later historians (e.g., D. Lambert, *Histoire de la ville de Toulon*, Toulon 1886).
Bibl.: G. M. Roberti, *Disegno storico dell'Ordine de Minimi*, I, Rome 1909, pp. 612 ff.; II, ibid. 1922, p. 758; F. Jacquier, *In laudem Ordinis Minimorum*, in *Acta Capitulorum Ordinis Minimorum*, II, ibid. 1916, pp. 514, 558; A. Bouisson, *L'hist. de Toulon par le p. I. et les origines chrétiennes de Toulon*, in *Les Archives d'histoire de Fréjus et Toulon*, 4 (1935), pp. 90-102. Gennaro Moretti