Religion Roman Catholic Name Pierre Chaignon Order Society of Jesus | Nationality French Role Writer Ordination August 14, 1819 | |
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Born October 8, 1791
Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, France ( 1791-10-08 ) Died September 20, 1883, Angers, France Books Meditations for the Use of the Secular Clergy: From the French of Father Chaignon, S. J. | ||
Pierre Chaignon, S.J. (1791–1883) was a French Jesuit priest and spiritual writer.
Life
Pierre Chaignon was born in Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, Mayenne, France, on October 8, 1791.
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. He wrote a book of spiritual meditations for priests entitled Meditationes sacerdotales and established a Union of Prayer for Deceased Priests which was canonically erected into a confraternity in 1861.
He died at Angers on September 20, 1883.
References
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