a French historian and scholar of the Jesuit order, son of Pierre, was born at Loudun in 1558. He became a doctor of theology, and died at Cahors, Aug. 3, 1628. He wrote a great number of works, among which we notice, Historia sui Temporis ab Anno 1560 usque ad Annum? 1612: — Diatribae ad Isaaci Casauboni ercitationes in Baronium Eclogc ad Arnobium de diis Gentium: — Libri Sex de Tota Divinationis Ratione: — Libri Tres de Magia Licita et Vetita, etc. These were published with other works under the title Opusculorum Philologico-rum Systema (Lyons, 1621, 2 vols. fol.). See Alegambe, Bibliotheca Scriptorum Societatis Jesu; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gen., s.v. (B. P.)