Edme Mongin (January 1668 – 5 May 1746) was a French preacher and bishop of Bazas. He was born in

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and died, aged about 78, in Bazas.Louis Moréri, ''Dictionnaire Historique'', 1731, 1 vol. p. 52. He was the son of Etienne Mongin and Anne Bailly. Preceptor of the

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and the

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, he pronounced the funeral oration of

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in 1715 and the panegyric of

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in 1737 on the occasion of his canonization. He was appointed Bishop of Bazas in 1724, confirmed on 29 January 1725, and was consecrated in March by

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. He was the

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of St. Martin, Autun, from 1708. His collected works were published in 1745.

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