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Colombiere, Claude de La

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a French Jesuit, was born at Saint-Symphorien, near Lyons, in 1641. He was two years court-preacher to the duke of York, afterwards James II of England, but was eventually banished, and retired to Parai, in Burgundy, where he died, February 15, 1682. He was a famous preacher, and.became noted for his "devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus," a sentiment which the notorious Marie Alacoque carried to the extreme of fanaticism. His Sermons were published (Lyons, 1757, 6 volumes), also a few treatises on practical religion.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Colombiere, Claude de La'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/colombiere-claude-de-la.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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