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has glosseng: John Brignon, S.J. (b. 1629, St. Malo, France—June 12, 1712, Paris) was a translator of religious works into French. He was a member of the Society of Jesus and was occupied during 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 also 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.
lexicalizationeng: John Brignon
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