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Jacob, Louis

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a French Carmelite, was born at Chalons-sur-Saone in 1608, and died in 1670. Upon joining his order, he took the name of Louis de St. Charles. He wrote, Bibliotheca Pontificia (Lyons, 1643): Elogium Venerabilis Sororis Isaunae de Cambri, Tornacensis Monialis S. Augustini (Paris, 1644): Bibliotheca Parisina (1645): Bibliographia Gallica Universalis (1646): De Claris Scriptoribus Cabilonensibus Libri Tres (1652): Catalogus Abbatunm et Abbatissarum Benedictionis Dei, Ordinis Cisterciensis, etc. See Cosme de St. Etienne, Memoire sur le P. Louis de St. Charles; Nicedron, Memoires, 40, page 87 sq.; Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religienses, s.v. (B.P.)

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Jacob, Louis'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​j/jacob-louis.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.