Jean-Baptiste Massillon
Jean-Baptiste Massillon , (born June 24, 1663 in Hyères , † September 28, 1742 in Beauregard-l'Évêque in the Puy-de-Dôme department ), was a French preacher , theologian and bishop .
Life
Massillon entered the Congregation of the Oratory in 1681 and was called by Archbishop Louis-Antoine de Noailles to regain the Saint-Magloire seminary in Paris , where he stayed for 20 years. During this time he developed into one of the most famous preachers of his time.
Louis XIV elected him his court preacher in 1704 . After the death of Ludwig he was appointed Bishop of Clermont in 1717 . The regent Philippe II , Duke of Orléans, gave him the order, before the only nine-year-old King Louis XV. to keep the fasting sermons . On this occasion, Massillon wrote the speeches known under the title: Petit Carême .
In 1719 he became a member of the Académie française ( seat 4 ).
Work editions
- Jean-Baptiste Massillon (9 vols., Paris 1745)
- Oeuvres (15 vols., Lyon 1810)
- Œuvres complètes (1865–1867)
- Joseph Lutz: Massillon's Selected Sermons (1889)
literature
- Johannes Madey: Massillon, Jean-Baptiste. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 1002-1004.
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean-Baptiste Massillon in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Jean-Baptiste Massillon in the German Digital Library
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
- Entry on Jean-Baptiste Massillon on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 8, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Massillon, Jean-Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French preacher, theologian and bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1663 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hyeres |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1742 |
| Place of death | Beauregard-l'Évêque , Puy-de-Dôme department |