Denis-Nicolas Le Nourry (18 February 1647 – 24 March 1724) was a French
Benedictine scholar of the
Congregation of St-Maur, an ecclesiastical writer.
Life
Le Nourry was born at
Dieppe in
Normandy. He received his first education from the priests of the
Oratory at his Dieppe; then entered the Benedictine Order at
Jumièges, 8 July 1665. After completing his theological studies and being ordained to the priesthood, he was sent to
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
, and the
Abbey of Bonnenouvelle. He died at the
Abbey of St-Germain in Paris.
Works
He assisted
Jean Garet in publishing the writings of
Cassiodorus (1679). For this he wrote the preface and the life of the author.
In the edition of the works of
St. Ambrose he aided
Jean du Chesne and
Julien Bellaise
Julien may refer to:
People
* Julien (given name)
* Julien (surname)
Music
* ''Julien'' (opera), a 1913 poème lyrique by Gustave Charpentier
* ''Julien'' (album), by Dalida, 1973
* "Julien" (song), by Carly Rae Jepsen, 2019
Places Un ...
at Rouen, and later
Jacques Du Frische at Paris, where he spent the last forty years of his life. His major work is the "Apparatus ad bibliothecam maximam veterum patrum et antiquorum scriptorum", published at Paris in two volumes (1703 and 1715) as an aid to the study of the Lyon collection of the
Church Fathers
The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who established the intellectual and doctrinal foundations of Christianity. The historical per ...
. In extensive dissertations he gives the biography of each writer; the occasion, design, scope, and genuineness of every writing; a history of the time in which the author lived; its dogmatical and moral tendency, and its struggles against heathenism or heresies. The work was well received.
In 1710 he edited the "Liber ad Donatum confessorem de mortibus persecutorum", and in a special dissertation tries hard to prove that the book was written by
Lucius Caecilius
Lucius ( el, Λούκιος ''Loukios''; ett, Luvcie) is a male given name derived from ''Lucius'' (abbreviated ''L.''), one of the small group of common Latin forenames (''praenomina'') found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius derives from L ...
and not by
Lactantius
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius (c. 250 – c. 325) was an early Christian author who became an advisor to Roman emperor, Constantine I, guiding his Christian religious policy in its initial stages of emergence, and a tutor to his son Cr ...
. Besides these he edited the "Epitome institutionum divinarum" of Lactantius, the "Expositum de die paschae et mensis" of
Hilarianus, and a fragment "De origine generis humani".
References
;Attribution
* The entry cites:
**
Tassin, ''Histoire litt. de la cong. de Saint-Maur'' (Paris, 1770), 436:
**
Hugo von Hurter, ''Nomenclator'', II (Innsbruck, 1893), 1117: Tubinger Quartalscchrift (1834), 15;
**Dux in ''
Kirchenlexikon'', s. v.;
**
Nicéron, ''Memoires'', I (Paris, 1727–38), 275-8.
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1647 births
1724 deaths
French Benedictines