He entered the Order in 1604 and for several years was professor of letters and philosophy, then superior of the houses at Amiens, Alençon, Orléans, and Paris. His ascetical works place him among the best spiritual writers of the Society of Jesus, alongside Fr. A. Rodriguez, though he surpasses him in the breadth of material embracing all fields of ascetics, in elaboration, and in finish; and they bear the imprint of the Spiritual Exercises, especially in their impulse toward an intimate, profound love for the person of Jesus Christ. The following are still read with profit: *De la connaissance et de l'amour du Fils de Dieu, Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ* (Paris 1634); *L'homme spirituel* (ibid. 1646); *De l'homme religieux* (2 vols., ibid. 1657–58); *Méditations sur les plus grandes et plus importantes vérités de la foi* (ibid. 1637); *L'union avec N.-S. Jésus-Christ dans ses principaux mystères* (ibid. 1653).
SAINT-JURE, JEAN-BAPTISTE
Bibl.: Sommervogel, VII, cols. 416–29; H. Bremond, *Hist. du sentiment religieux en France*, III, Paris 1923, pp. 258–79; P. Pourrat, *La spiritualité chrét.*, IV, ibid. 1928, pp. 55–61; A. Pottier, *Le p. L. Lallement et les grands spirituels de son temps*, III, ibid. 1929, pp. 21–48, 158–87.