Marie Nicolas Sylvestre Guillon, French ecclesiastic, was born in Paris. He was librarian and almoner in the household of the princesse de Lamballe, and when in 1792 she was executed, he fled to the provinces, where under the name of Pastel he practised medicine. A man of facile conscience, he afterwards served in turn under Napoleon, the House of Bourbon and the House of Orleans, and became canon of St Denis, bishop of Morocco and dean of the Sorbonne.

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  • Marie Nicolas Sylvestre Guillon, French ecclesiastic, was born in Paris. He was librarian and almoner in the household of the princesse de Lamballe, and when in 1792 she was executed, he fled to the provinces, where under the name of Pastel he practised medicine. A man of facile conscience, he afterwards served in turn under Napoleon, the House of Bourbon and the House of Orleans, and became canon of St Denis, bishop of Morocco and dean of the Sorbonne. Among his many literary works are a Collection, des brefs du pape Pie VI (1798), Bibliothéque choisie des Pères de l'Église grecque et latine (1822-28, 26 vols. ; reprint 1828-29, 36 vols. ) and a French translation of Cyprian with notes (1837, 2 vols.).
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  • Marie Nicolas Sylvestre Guillon, French ecclesiastic, was born in Paris. He was librarian and almoner in the household of the princesse de Lamballe, and when in 1792 she was executed, he fled to the provinces, where under the name of Pastel he practised medicine. A man of facile conscience, he afterwards served in turn under Napoleon, the House of Bourbon and the House of Orleans, and became canon of St Denis, bishop of Morocco and dean of the Sorbonne.
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  • Marie Nicolas Sylvestre Guillon
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