Louis Richeome
Louis Richeôme (lat. Ludovicus Richeomus ) SJ (* 1544 in Digne ; † September 15, 1625 in Bordeaux ) was a French Jesuit , Christian humanist and writer .
Life
Richeome entered the Jesuit order in 1565 after studying philosophy at the Jesuit college in Clermont . He received his spiritual training from the Jesuit Juan Maldonado ; In 1569, his position as teacher of philology at the Mauriac College is documented. Around 1572 he studied theology in Bordeaux and then taught at the Collegial Convict in Pont-à-Mousson (Lorraine).
From 1581 Richeome headed the new Jesuit college in Dijon . From 1586 to 1592 he was Provincial of the Jesuit Province of Lyon and then the Province of Aquitaine . In 1598 Richeome worked at the Jesuit College of Bordeaux as a preacher, vicar and writer. From 1605 he again held the office of provincial in Lyon; for the years from 1608 to 1615 Claudio Acquaviva , superior general of the Jesuits, appointed him to serve as his assistant for France. His successor Mutio Vitelleschi entrusted Richeome with the inspectorate for the province of Lyon in 1616, which he held for only 18 months.
At the age of 74, Richeome returned to the College of Bordeaux, where he resumed his writing activities during the last years of his life.
plant
Richeome published numerous theological writings in Latin and French. He is considered an early representative of Christian humanism (»humanisme dévot«). In addition, he is an accomplished and polemical apologist for Catholicism, especially against Calvinism . His thinking is considered to be little speculative and not of high theological value; for his eloquence, however, he was referred to as the "French Cicero".
Pseudonyms
- Ludovicus de Beau Manoir / Louis de Beaumanoir
- Franciscus Montanus / François des Montaignes
- René de La Fon
- Faelix de La Grace
literature
- Carlos Sommervogel : Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus . Nouvelle Édition. Bibliography Tome VI. Schepens / Picard, Bruxelles / Paris 1895, Sp. 1815–1831 ( google.com [accessed January 3, 2016] annotated bibliography).
- Leo Trepp : Taine, Montaigne , Richeome. Your conceptions of religion and church. A contribution to French essential science. Dissertation, University of Würzburg. 1935.
- Sigrid Irimia-Tuchtenhagen: Richeome, Louis. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 1196-1198.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Richeome, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ludovicus Richeomus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French theologian, humanist and Jesuit |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1544 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Digne |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1625 |
| Place of death | Bordeaux |