MANY, SÉRAPHIN. - Canonist, b. at Gespunsart (Reims) on 30 Dec. 1847, d. at Fiesole on 19 Aug. 1922. Ordained a priest and appointed parish priest of the very modest parish of Sy, he devoted himself to a thorough legal formation at the wish of Icard, superior of the Society of St. Sulpice, to which M. had meanwhile given his name. He studied law in Rome at the Apollinare. He taught canon law in Paris at the Seminary of St. Sulpice from 1878 to 1898, in which year he succeeded Msgr. Gasparri in the teaching of law at the Faculty of Canon Law.
In 1906 he was called to Rome and by Msgr. Gasparri an important part was entrusted to him in the drafting and subsequent revision of the canons of the future CIC. Appointed in 1908 auditor of the Rota, he became its dean in 1920.
He published: Le règlement de l'Officialité de Paris, a precise summary of the judicial and disciplinary procedure then in force; De Missa (Paris 1903); De locis sacris (ibid. 1904); De sacra ordinatione (ibid. 1905): three works that represent the fruit of more than 20 years of labor and reveal a rigorous critical study of the sources, a strong theological and legal maturity, characterized by a profound analysis of the principles of the laws and by a reasoned use of the rules of interpretation.
Bibliography2 worksS. Romani, Theologia moralis, I, Prolegomena, Rome 1940, p. 30; A. Van Hove, Prolegomena, 2nd ed., Malines-Rome 1945, p. 591.
BIBL.: S. Romani, Theologia moralis, I, Prolegomena, Rome 1940, p. 30; A. Van Hove, Prolegomena, 2nd ed., Malines-Rome 1945, p. 591.
Jullien, Andrea. “Many, séraphin.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, coll. 1996–1997. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/many-seraphin.
MLA
Jullien, Andrea. “Many, séraphin.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 1996–1997. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/many-seraphin.
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@incollection{ec7_many_seraphin,
author = {Jullien, Andrea},
title = {Many, séraphin},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {1996--1997},
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/many-seraphin}
}
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