Louis Lallemant
Louis Lallemant SJ (born November 1, 1578 in Châlons-en-Champagne , † April 5, 1635 in Bourges ) was a French priest , Jesuit and theologian .
Life
After schooling with the Jesuits, Louis Lallement entered the Society of Jesus in 1605 . After the usual training in Pont-a-Mousson , he received in 1614 in Paris , the ordination was 1615 Spiritual in college in Bourges and a little later even novice master . From 1626 onwards he accompanied the Jesuits who had already matured in life and who, after a last careful examination, intended to finally join the order. But he soon fell seriously ill and died on April 5, 1635, Maundy Thursday ; he was only 47 years old.
Only from the point of view of death can one really see life, he said: " The opportunity to die a good death is therefore something so precious that no sensible person should miss to seize it ... to die while preaching the good news ." Louis Lallemant is an important representative of the Ignatian or Jesuit school of asceticism .
Works
There are no writings by Louis Lallemant, apart from a few letters. His listeners used to write down what he said to them. The published records are from Jean Rigoleuc and, to a lesser extent, from Jean-Joseph Surin .
Pope Francis remarked about himself in 2013 that he was “on the other hand close to the mystical current of Louis Lallement” (in the Jesuit order).
literature
- Henry Woods: Louis Lallemant . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 8, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1910.
- Joseph Theodor Rath: Lallemant, Louis. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 1003-1004.
Web links
- Literature by and about Louis Lallemant in the catalog of the German National Library
- P. Lallement in Henri Bremond's Histoire littéraire du sentiment religieux en France depuis la fin des guerres de religion jusqu'à nos jours , vol. V
- Instruction in the spiritual life according to P. Louis Lallemant , edited by Frederick William Faber , Verlag Joseph Manz, Regensburg 1859
Individual evidence
- ^ Antonio Spadaro SJ, interview with Pope Francis. In: Voices of the Time, September 19, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lallemant, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Jesuit, priest, mystic and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1578 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Châlons-en-Champagne |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1635 |
| Place of death | Bourges |