Denis Amelote

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Denis Amelote (born Saintes, 1609; died Paris, 7 October, 1678) was a French biblical writer and scholar who is notable for his French translation of the New Testament (4 vols. 1666-170).

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He was ordained in 1631, was a Doctor of the Sorbonne, and became a member of the French Oratory. He was a prominent opponent of Jansenism.

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