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Assignies, Jean D

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a French monk of Citeaux, and a Brabantine theologian, was born in 1562. He became subprior of the Monastery of Cambron; then, in 1618, priest of the Monastery of Nizelle, in Brabant. He died in 1642. He wrote, Vies des Personnes Illustres en Sainteti de l'Ordre de Citeaux (Douay and Mons, 1598,1606): -Allumettes Vives pour embrazer l'Ame a la Haine du Pehe' et a l'Amour de la Vertu, par la Consideration de la Passion de Jesus- Christ (Douay, 1629). He also wrote several other works, See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Assignies, Jean D'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/assignies-jean-d.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.