a French theologian, was born at Beauvais, Aug. 9, 1621. He was closely allied with the monks of Port Royal, whose schools he directed at Paris. After the suppression of these schools in 1650, he went into retirement. He died Feb. 1, 1709. He wrote, Maximes Chritiennes, Tirnes des Lettres de l'Abbe de St. Cyran (Paris, 1678): — Nouveaux Essais de Morale, Contenant Plusieurs Traites sur Differents Sujets (1699). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.