Pierre Chaignon

For the American heraldist, see Pierre de Chaignon la Rose.
Pierre Chaignon, S.J.
Religion Roman Catholic
Order Society of Jesus
Personal
Nationality French
Born October 8, 1791(1791-10-08)
Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, France
Died September 20, 1883(1883-09-20) (aged 91)
Angers, France
Religious career
Ordination August 14, 1819

Pierre Chaignon, S.J. (1791–1883) was a French Jesuit priest and spiritual writer.[1]

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Life

Pierre Chaignon was born in Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, Mayenne, France, on October 8, 1791.[1]

He was professed into the Society of Jesus on August 14, 1819 at the age of 27, and spent his life as a priest in the spiritual direction of other priests, giving an estimated three hundred retreats to French clergy over the course of thirty years.[1] He wrote a book of spiritual meditations for priests entitled Méditationes sacerdotales and established a Union of Prayer for Deceased Priests which was canonically erected into a confraternity in 1861.[1]

He died at Angers on September 20, 1883.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e Campbell, Thomas (1908). "Pierre Chaignon". The Catholic Encyclopedia. 3. Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03551d.htm. Retrieved June 20, 2011. 

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