Jacques Sirmond
Jacques Sirmond (born October 22, 1559 in Riom , Auvergne , France, † October 7, 1651 in Paris ) was a French Catholic scholar and educator .
Life
In 1576 Sirmond entered the Jesuit order , taught at the College of Clermont (1581–90) and then became secretary of the order general Claudio Acquaviva in Rome (1590–1608). He later became rector of the Jesuit college in Paris and was the confessor of the French King Louis XIII. His editions of the early Christian and medieval church fathers, e.g. B. by Paschasius Radbertus (1618) and Eusebius of Caesarea (1643), are famous. One of his own writings, "Concilia antiqua Galliae" (1629), dealt with the early history of the Church in France .
Sirmond published the late antique Constitutiones Sirmondianae named after him as first editor , imperial constitutions from Constantine the Great to Valentinian III. from the year 430. The constitutions dealt primarily with questions of canon law .
literature
- Birgit Bernard: Jacques Sirmond. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 10, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-062-X , Sp. 533-535.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Detlef Liebs : The jurisprudence in late antique Italy (260-640 AD) (= Freiburg legal-historical treatises. New series, volume 8). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, p. 175 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sirmond, Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Catholic scholar and educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1559 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riom , Auvergne , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 7, 1651 |
| Place of death | Paris |