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John Brignon, S.J. (1629 – 12 June 1712) was a translator of religious works into French. Born in St. Malo, France, he was a member of the Society of Jesus and spent the sixty-five years of his religious life chiefly in the translation of works of piety into French. Among these are the works of De Ponte and Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, the Spiritual Combat, the Imitation of Christ and the short treatises of Robert Bellarmine. All these translations have passed through a number of editions. He edited and revised The Devout Life of St. Francis de Sales and the Fondements of Jean-Joseph Surin, S.J. The only works by English authors he translated into French were the Decem Rationes of Blessed Edmund Campion and the Tractatus de Misericordia fidelibus defunctis exhibendâ by Father James Mumford, S.

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  • John Brignon, S.J. (1629 – 12 June 1712) was a translator of religious works into French. Born in St. Malo, France, he was a member of the Society of Jesus and spent the sixty-five years of his religious life chiefly in the translation of works of piety into French. Among these are the works of De Ponte and Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, the Spiritual Combat, the Imitation of Christ and the short treatises of Robert Bellarmine. All these translations have passed through a number of editions. He edited and revised The Devout Life of St. Francis de Sales and the Fondements of Jean-Joseph Surin, S.J. The only works by English authors he translated into French were the Decem Rationes of Blessed Edmund Campion and the Tractatus de Misericordia fidelibus defunctis exhibendâ by Father James Mumford, S.J. He died in Paris. This article incorporates text from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article "John Brignon" by S.H. Frisbee, a publication now in the public domain. (en)
  • Jean Brignon né le 12 novembre 1627 à Saint-Malo (France) et décédé le 17 juin 1712 à Paris, est un prêtre jésuite français, connu pour ses traductions d'ouvrages religieux vers le français. (fr)
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  • Jean Brignon né le 12 novembre 1627 à Saint-Malo (France) et décédé le 17 juin 1712 à Paris, est un prêtre jésuite français, connu pour ses traductions d'ouvrages religieux vers le français. (fr)
  • John Brignon, S.J. (1629 – 12 June 1712) was a translator of religious works into French. Born in St. Malo, France, he was a member of the Society of Jesus and spent the sixty-five years of his religious life chiefly in the translation of works of piety into French. Among these are the works of De Ponte and Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, the Spiritual Combat, the Imitation of Christ and the short treatises of Robert Bellarmine. All these translations have passed through a number of editions. He edited and revised The Devout Life of St. Francis de Sales and the Fondements of Jean-Joseph Surin, S.J. The only works by English authors he translated into French were the Decem Rationes of Blessed Edmund Campion and the Tractatus de Misericordia fidelibus defunctis exhibendâ by Father James Mumford, S. (en)
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  • Jean Brignon (jésuite) (fr)
  • John Brignon (en)
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