MANGENOT, JOSEPH-EUGÈNE

MANGENOT, JOSEPH-EUGÈNE. - Exegete, born at Gémonville (Meurthe-et-Moselle, France) on 28 Aug. 1856, died at Moutrot on 19 March 1922. Having completed his studies in the diocesan seminaries, he was ordained priest on 17 July 1881 and, from 1883, was professor of Sacred Scripture and philosophy at the Seminary of Nancy. From 1901 until his death he was director of the DThC founded by A. Vacant (v.); he wrote many articles therein. In 1903 he succeeded F. Vigouroux (v.) in the chair of Old Testament at the Institut catholique in Paris; from 1905 until his death he held there the chair of New Testament, succeeding L. Cl. Fillion (v.).

From 1885 he was a canon of Nancy Cathedral; from 1903, a consultor of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. His balanced judgment, his attachment to the Church, his broad learning, and his diligence in investigating sources and details have been praised.

Among his works, the following should be noted (besides some writings on local history): L'authenticité mosaïque du Pentateuque (Paris 1907); La Résurrection de Jésus (ibid. 1910, against Loisy); Les Evangiles synoptiques (ibid. 1911, apologetic lectures); Sion, son sanctuaire, son pèlerinage (Nancy 1919). He also contributed to Revue des sciences ecclésiastiques, Questions ecclésiastiques, DB, Le prêtre, Rev. prat. d'apol., Rev. du clergé français.

BIBL.: E. Amann, s. V. in DThC, IX, cols. 1830-41 (with a list of works). Pietro De Ambrogyi
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“MANGENOT, JOSEPH-EUGÈNE.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), p. 1159. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/mangenot-joseph-eugene.