LALLEMANT, LOUIS. - Jesuit, master of spirits, b. at Châlons-sur-Marne in 1578, d. at Bourges on 5 April 1635. Professor of philosophy at the College of La Flèche, of moral and dogmatic theology at Paris; he was master of novices and instructor of the third year of probation at Rouen; at the time of his death he was rector at Bourges.
He displayed outstanding gifts as a spiritual director and was one of the most deservedly famous Jesuits of his time; and the so-called "school of L." is formed by his illustrious disciples, J. J. Surin, J. Rigouleuc, F. Nouet, F. Nepveu.
He had a thorough knowledge of ascetical and mystical literature. He left no writings, but after his death Fr. Rigouleuc collected, and Fr. Champion published under the title La doctrine spirituelle du p. L. L. (Paris 1694; Italian version, Milan 1945), the spiritual instructions that he had noted down from the living voice of the master. They come down to seven essential principles: consideration of the end of man, the idea of perfection, purity of heart, docility to the Holy Spirit, the interior life, union with Our Lord, orders or degrees of the spiritual life; and they are conducted according to the spirit of St. Ignatius and the traditions of the Society of Jesus.
Bibliography5 worksH. Bremond, Hist. littér. du sentiment religieux en France, V, Paris 1923, pp. 3-65, 395-97; A. Pottier, La vie et la doctrine spirituelle d
BIBL.: H. Bremond, Hist. littér. du sentiment religieux en France, V, Paris 1923, pp. 3-65, 395-97; A. Pottier, La vie et la doctrine spirituelle du p. L. L. Texte primitif annoté, ibid. 1924; id., Le p. L. L. et les grands spirituels de son temps, 3 vols., ibid. 1927-29; id., Les leçons d'oraison du p. L. ont-elles été blamées par ses supérieurs?, in Revue d'ascét. et de myst., 11 (1930), pp. 396-406 and in La doctrine spirituelle, ed. 1936, ibid., pp. 516-20; see also the introductory study by G. Colombo in the Italian translation of La doctrine spirituelle of L. L., Milan 1945.
Renaud, Ferdinando. “Lallemant, louis.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 825. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lallemant-louis.
MLA
Renaud, Ferdinando. “Lallemant, louis.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 825. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lallemant-louis.
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@incollection{ec7_lallemant_louis,
author = {Renaud, Ferdinando},
title = {Lallemant, louis},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {825},
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/lallemant-louis}
}
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