Jean-Baptiste Massillon

Jean -Baptiste Massillon (* June 24, 1663 in Hyeres, † September 28, 1742 in Beauregard- l'Évêque in the Puy -de- Dôme ) was a French preacher, theologian and bishop.

Massillon joined in 1681 the Congregation of the Oratory, and was appointed by the Archbishop Louis -Antoine de Noailles to the rector of the seminary of Saint- Magloire in Paris, where he remained for 20 years. During this time he became one of the most famous preachers of his time.

Louis XIV chose him in 1704 to his court chaplain. After the death of Louis in 1717, he was appointed as Bishop of Clermont. Philippe II, who led the affairs of France, gave him the order, before the first nine years of King Louis XV. to keep the Lenten sermons. For this reason Massillon wrote under the title: Petit Carême known speeches.

In 1719 he became a member of the Académie française ( seat 4 ).

Werkausgaben

  • Jean -Baptiste Massillon (9 vols, Paris 1745)
  • Oeuvres (15 Bde, Lyon 1810)
  • Oeuvres completes (1865-1867)
  • Joseph Lutz: Massillons Selected Sermons (1889 )
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