MEIGNAN, GUILLAUME-RANÉ - Portrait - Rome, sacristy of the church of Trinità dei Monti.
MEIGNAN, GUILLAUME-RENÉ. - Cardinal, biblical exegete and apologist, b. at Chauvigné (Mayenne) on 12 April 1817, d. at Tours on 19 Jan. 1896. He went to perfect his studies in philosophy and biblical exegesis at Munich and Berlin (1842-43). Later (1845-46) he was also in Rome, where he obtained his doctorate in theology. In 1861 he was appointed professor of Sacred Scripture at the Sorbonne. Three years later he was elected bishop of Châlons, then passed to the see of Arras (1882) and of Tours (1884). In 1892 Leo XIII created him cardinal with the title of the Most Holy Trinity of the Mountains.
M. wrote many works, of a rather popular character, to counter the influence of E. Renan; among them: Les prophéties messianiques. Le Pentateuque (Paris 1856); Les deux premiers livres des Rois (ibid. 1878); Les prophètes d'Israël, quatre siècles de lutte contre l'idolâtrie (ibid. 1892); Les prophètes d'Israël et le Messie. I, Depuis Salomon jusqu'à Daniel (ibid. 1893); II, Depuis Daniel jusqu'à Jean-Baptiste (ibid. 1894).
Bibliography2 worksH. Boissonnet, Le card. M., Paris 1899; O. Rey, s. v. in DB, IV, coll. 933-35.
BIBL.: H. Boissonnet, Le card. M., Paris 1899; O. Rey, s. v. in DB, IV, coll. 933-35.
Penna, Angelo. “Meignan, guillaume-rené.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 624. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/meignan-guillaume-rene.
MLA
Penna, Angelo. “Meignan, guillaume-rené.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 624. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/meignan-guillaume-rene.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec8_meignan_guillaume_rene,
author = {Penna, Angelo},
title = {Meignan, guillaume-rené},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VIII},
pages = {624},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/meignan-guillaume-rene}
}
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