Ursin Durand
Ursin Durand (* 20th May 1682 in Tours , † 31 August 1771 in Paris ) was a French Benedictine of Maurists -Kongregation and historian.
Life
At the age of 19 he made his vows in the monastery of Marmoutier (Alsace) and then devoted himself mainly to studying diplomacy . In April 1709, he joined his brother Edmond Martène when he was on a trip through France to collect material for a new edition of a Gallia Christiana . After visiting the archives of more than 800 abbeys and a hundred cathedrals, they returned to the Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey in 1713 , laden with all kinds of historical documents, many of which went into the Gallia Christiana while others went into a separate work, the Thesaurus novus anecdotorum (5 volumes, Paris, 1717).
In 1718 the two Maurists began a journey through Germany and the Netherlands to collect material for Martin Bouquet's Rerum Gallicarum et Francicarum Scriptores . In addition, they collected a large amount of other historical documents, which they published in a larger work, the Veterum scriptorum et monumentorum historicorum, dogmaticorum et moralium amplissima collectio (9 volumes, Paris, 1724–33). They published a report in French about their travels: Voyage littéraire de deux religieux bénédictins de la Congrégation de St. Maur (2 volumes, Paris, 1717 and 1724).
In addition to the works that Durand published together with Martène, he also worked with Maur Dantine and Charles Clémencet on a French diplomatic work entitled L'Art de vérifier les dates , continued Constant's Collection of Papal Letters , and assisted Sabatier with the publication of the Itala and contributed to numerous other Mauriner publications.
In 1734, at the instigation of Cardinal de Bissy , he was banished from the Saint-Germain monastery because he was a Jansenist and "Appellant". He was sent to the monastery of Saint-Éloi in Noyon , but after two years he was able to move to the monastery of Blanc-Manteaux in Paris, where he spent the last 35 years of his life studying literary.
Works
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Thesaurus novus Anecdotorum , 5 volume in-folio, Paris, 1717.
- Thesaurus novus anecdotorum ( la ), Volume 1. Florentin Delaulne, Paris 1717.
- Thesaurus novus anecdotorum ( la ), Volume 3 1717.
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Veterum scriptorum et monumentorum historicorum, dogmatiorum et moralium amplissima collectio , 9 vol. fol., Paris, 1724-1733.
- Veterum scriptorum et monumentorum historicorum, dogmaticorum, moralium amplissima collectio , Volume 4 1729.
- Veterum scriptorum et monumentorum historicorum, dogmaticorum, moralium amplissima collectio , Volume 5 1729.
- Veterum scriptorum et monumentorum historicorum, dogmaticorum, moralium amplissima collectio , Volume 9 1733.
- Voyage littéraire de deux Religieux Bénédictins de la Congrégation de Saint-Maur , 2 volume, Paris, 1717 and 1724.
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L'Art de vérifier les dates (with Maur Dantine and Charles Clémencet ), 1750
- L'Art de verifier les dates , 1770
- L'Art de verifier les dates , 1818-1819, 5 volume
literature
- Georgios Fatouros: Durand, Ursin . In Traugott Bautz, Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL), Volume 16, 1999, columns 408-409, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 .
- Charles Hebermann (Ed.): Durand Ursin . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton, 1913
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Durand, Ursin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Benedictine of the Maurinian congregation and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1682 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tours |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1771 |
| Place of death | Paris |