Henri Congnet (6 December 1795 – 5 July 1870) was a 19th-century French secular Catholic priest and historian, also a member of the
Société asiatique
The Société Asiatique (Asiatic Society) is a French learned society dedicated to the study of Asia. It was founded in 1822 with the mission of developing and diffusing knowledge of Asia. Its boundaries of geographic interest are broad, ranging ...
and hagiographer.
Selected publications
* ''Marie honorée dans les classes ou Mois de Marie'' (Grec-Latin) Extrait des Pères de l’Église grecque et des Saintes Écritures ; ouvrage contenant, en outre, les hommages rendus par quelques littérateurs contemporains à Marie de Nazareth – Paris 1837
* ''Grammaire grecque'' accompagnée d'exercices et de questionnaires – Paris 1838
* ''Le Maitre d'études des collèges royaux et communaux'' – Paris 1845
* ''Grand manuel ou Manuel pratique'' pour la première communion et la
confirmation
In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands. For adults, it is an affirmation of belief. It involves laying on ...
– Paris 1858
* ''Madame de Bussières ou La vie chrétienne et charitable au milieu du monde'' – Dédié aux mères chrétienne – Paris 1867
* ''Soldat et prêtre ou Le modèle de la vie sacerdotale et militaire'' (L'abbé Timothée Marprez) Paris 1865
* ''Notice sur la translation des reliques de
Yved de Rouen et
Victricius
Saint Victricius (french: Victrice; it, Vittricio) also known as Victricius of Rouen ( 330 – c. 407 AD) was a bishop of Rouen (393–407), missionary, and author. His feast day is August 7.
Life
Victricius was Gallic by birth, the son of a Rom ...
en la ville de
Braine'' – Paris 1865
* ''Enchiridion'' (manuel) de ceux qui commencent le grec, pour servir de premier texte d'explication – Paris 1847 (1re édition)
* ''Grammaire de la langue grecque'' comparée perpétuellement à la langue latine – Paris 1845
* ''
Joseph
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...
,
Ruth
Ruth (or its variants) may refer to:
Places
France
* Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France
Switzerland
* Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny
United States
* Ruth, Alabama
* Ruth, Arka ...
,
Tobiy et extraits bibliques'' suivis de quarante-six fables d'
Aesop
Aesop ( or ; , ; c. 620–564 BCE) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as ''Aesop's Fables''. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales cre ...
, pieces by
Claudius Aelianus
Claudius Aelianus ( grc, Κλαύδιος Αἰλιανός, Greek transliteration ''Kláudios Ailianós''; c. 175c. 235 AD), commonly Aelian (), born at Praeneste, was a Roman author and teacher of rhetoric who flourished under Septimius Severus ...
et autres auteurs et des fables choisies de
Babrius
Babrius ( grc-gre, Βάβριος, ''Bábrios''; century),"Babrius" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 21. also known as Babrias () or Gabrias (), was the author of a collection of Greek fables, many of which ...
, avec les exercices grammaticaux et les renvois perpétuels à la grammaire... ouvrage formant une chrestomathie élémentaire... Texte grec – Paris 1850 (1re édition)
* ''Le Livre des jeunes professeurs'', contenant : première partie, la méthode pour commencer les humanités – Paris 1843
* ''Le Pieux helléniste'' sanctifiant la journée par la prière. Grec-Latin – Paris 1839
* ''Manuel des verbes irréguliers, défectifs et difficiles de la langue grecque, avec des exercices'' – Paris 1837
* ''
hagiographique Vies des Saints, ''Les Petits Bollandistes'' – 1870
''Bollandiste'': name given to the drafters of the lives of saints
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Canons (priests)
19th-century French historians
Hagiographers
Members of the Société Asiatique
1795 births
People from Soissons
1870 deaths