Denis Amelote
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Denis Amelot, Amelote, or Amelotte (1609 – 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).
[edit] Biography
Amelote was born in Saintes. 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. He died in Paris.
This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
