Auguste Carayon

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Auguste Carayon (born in Saumur, France, 31 March 1813; died at Poitiers, 15 May 1874) was a French Jesuit author and bibliographer.

Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 References 4 External link

[edit] Life

He joined the Society of Jesus in 1848, and was at various times librarian and procurator.

[edit] Works

He edited many historical works between 1864 and 1874, and is considered a leading authority upon the history of his order, especially in New France. His principal works are:

• Bibliographie historique de la Compagnie de Jésus (Paris, 1864);
• Documents inédits concernant la Compagnie de Jésus (Poitiers, 1863-1874, 18 vols);
• Première mission des Jésuites au Canada (Paris, 1864);
• Bannissement des Jésuites de la Louisiane (1865);
• Établissement de la Compagnie de Jésus à Brest par Louis XIV (Paris, 1865);
• Les prisons du Marquis de Pombal (1865);
• Notes historiques sur les Parlements et les Jésuites au XVIIIe siècle (Paris, 1867).

Carayon is also the author of several devotional treatises published between 1854 and 1863.

[edit] References

• Sommervogel, Bibl. de la c. de J., II, 714-718;
• Thwaites, Jesuit Relations (Cleveland, 1896-1901), I, 311.

[edit] External link

• Catholic Encyclopedia article

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.