Pierre Mandonnet

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pierre Mandonnet (* as François-Félix Mandonnet February 26, 1858 in Beaumont (Puy-de-Dôme) ; † January 4, 1936 in Cain, Tournai , Belgium ) was a French Dominican , church and medieval historian.

Life

Mandonnet was raised by the Christian Brothers and joined the Dominican Order in 1882. Since the Order was in trouble in France at the time, it was trained in Spain, Austria and Corsica. He was ordained a priest in 1887. He then worked in the convent of Corbara in Corsica. From 1891 to 1919 he was professor of church history at the University of Friborg (Switzerland) , where he was rector in 1902/03 (he became honorary professor in 1934). During the First World War he worked in Switzerland in caring for displaced persons and prisoners. After the war he left Switzerland due to illness. He lived in Paris and from 1927 (after another anti-clerical wave in France) in Belgium.

He studied medieval philosophy and was best known for his biography of Siger von Brabant . He dealt with the history of the Dominicans and Dominic , Dante as theologian, the role of the Dominicans in the colonization of America, Thomas Aquinas and was one of the founders of the Revue Thomiste, the Bibliothèque Thomiste (1921), the Bulletin Thomiste and the Thomas Society ( 1924). Many of the books were written in retirement when he was already very ill.

literature

  • Sister Mary Jean Dorcy, OP: St. Dominic's Family: Over 300 Famous Dominicans, The Priory Press, Dubuque, Iowa 1964

Fonts (selection)

  • Les Dominicains et la découverte de l'Amérique, Paris 1893, Archives
  • Siger de Brabant et l'averroïsme latin au xiiie siècle, 2 volumes, Leuven, 1899, 2nd edition 1908, 1911, Archives, Volume 1
  • Des écrits authentiques de S. Thomas d'Aquin, Friborg 1910, Archives
  • with JA Destrez: Bibliography thomiste, 1921, new edition 1960
  • Dante le théologies; introduction à l'intelligence de la vie, des œuvres et de l'art de Dante Alighieri, 1935
  • Saint Dominique: l'idée, l'homme et l'oeuvre, Paris 1938 (with contributions by Marie-Humbert Vicaire, Reginald Ladner).
    • English translation: St. Dominic and his work, 2 volumes 1944
  • Mélanges, 2 volumes, 1930

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Mandonnet, Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mandonnet, François-Félix (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Dominican, church and medieval historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Beaumont (Puy-de-Dôme)
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1936
Place of death Cain, Tournai , Belgium