NAU, FRANÇOIS-NICOLAS. - Noted French orientalist, b. at Thil (Moselle) on 15 May 1864, d. at Paris on 2 Sept. 1931. Having received the priesthood in Paris on 17 Dec. 1887, he taught mathematics and astronomy at the Institut catholique, and in 1928 became dean of the Ecole des sciences. Nau's activity and fecundity in oriental studies, especially concerning the Syriac authors, were remarkable. Together with his teacher, Msgr. Graffin, Nau founded the PO in 1899 and in 1911-1919 directed the Revue de l'Orient chrétien.
Among his publications the following should be noted: various documents and studies on the Maronites in the Revue de l'Orient chrétien, 4 (1899) and 5 (1900); a selection of Syriac canons in Le canoniste contemporain, 28 (1905), pp. 641-53, 705-711; 29 (1906), pp. 5-13; the edition of the Liber legum regionum in the Patrologia Syriaca (II, Paris 1907, coll. 490-659), of the French version of the Book of Heraclides of Nestorius (ibid. 1910), of the History of the Nestorian Church by Barhadbeshabba (PO 9 [ibid. 1913] and 23 [ibid. 1932]), of documents for the history of the Nestorians (PO 13 [ibid. 1916]).
BibliographyM. Brière, L'abbé F. N., in Journal asiatique, 233 (1933), pp. 149-80 (with the list of Nau's writings).
BIBL.: M. Brière, L'abbé F. N., in Journal asiatique, 233 (1933), pp. 149-80 (with the list of Nau's writings).
Ortiz, de Urbina Ignazio. “Nau, françois-nicolas.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 1692. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/nau-francois-nicolas.
MLA
Ortiz, de Urbina Ignazio. “Nau, françois-nicolas.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1692. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/nau-francois-nicolas.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec8_nau_francois_nicolas,
author = {Ortiz, de Urbina Ignazio},
title = {Nau, françois-nicolas},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VIII},
pages = {1692},
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/nau-francois-nicolas}
}
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