Pierre Chaignon
![]() | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (May 2014) |
Pierre Chaignon, S.J. | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Personal | |
Born | Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, France | October 8, 1791
Died | September 20, 1883 Angers, France | (aged 91)
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Nationality | French |
Order | Society of Jesus |
Senior posting | |
Ordination | August 14, 1819 |
Pierre Chaignon, S.J. (1791–1883) was a French Jesuit priest and spiritual writer.[1]
Life[]
Pierre Chaignon was born in Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, Mayenne, France, on October 8, 1791.[1]
He was professed into the Society of Jesus on August 14, 1819 at the age of 27, and spent his life as a priest in the spiritual direction of other priests, giving an estimated three hundred retreats to French clergy over the course of thirty years.[1] He wrote a book of spiritual meditations for priests entitled Méditationes sacerdotales and established a Union of Prayer for Deceased Priests which was canonically erected into a confraternity in 1861.[1]
He died at Angers on September 20, 1883.[1]
Bibliography[]
- Méditationes Sacerdotales (English: Sacerdotal Meditations or Meditations for the Use of the Secular Clergy)
- Le Salut Facilité aux Pécheurs par la Dévotion au Très Saint et Immaculé Coeur de Marie (English: The Easy Salvation of Sinners by Devotion of the Most Sacred and Immaculate Heart of Mary)
- Les Six Dimanches de St. Louis de Gonzague (English: Six Sundays of St. Aloysius Gonzaga)
- Le Prêtre è l'Autel (English: The Priest and the Altar or The Sacrifice of the Mass Worthily Celebrated)
- Paix de l'Ame (English: Peace of Soul)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Campbell, Thomas (1908). "Pierre Chaignon". The Catholic Encyclopedia. 3. Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
External links[]
- A 1907 English translation of Meditations for the Use of the Secular Clergy by L. de Goesbriand on Google Books
- An 1897 English translation of The Sacrifice of the Mass Worthily Celebrated by L. de Goesbriand on Google Books
Categories:
- 1791 births
- 1883 deaths
- People from Mayenne
- 19th-century French Jesuits
- French spiritual writers
- French male non-fiction writers
- Roman Catholic clergy stubs