Jacques Quétif (6 August 1618 – 2 March 1698) was a French Dominican and noted bibliographer. His major work ''Scriptores ordinis praedicatorum'' was completed by his fellow Dominican

Jacques Échard Jacques Échard (22 September 1644, in Rouen – 15 March 1724, in Paris) was a French Dominican and historian of the order. As the son of a wealthy official of the king he received a thorough classical and secular education. He entered the Domin ...

. Quétif was born in

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. He entered the

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at the age of 17, then studied philosophy at Paris and theology at

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. In 1652, he became librarian of the Dominican convent in the

rue Saint-Honoré The rue Saint-Honoré is a street in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. It is named after the collegial situated in ancient times within the cloisters of Saint-Honoré. The street, on which are located a number of museums and upscale bou ...

in Paris. He maintained relations with Chancellor Séguier, who entrusted his library and choice of books to him. He was much consulted as an expert in canon law. His knowledge and his ability to write in Latin resulted in his superiors giving him the task of writing the history of the order. This work was incomplete at his death but was afterwards finished by

, who published it under the title ''Scriptores ordinis praedicatorum recensiti notis historicis et criticis illustrati auctoribus'' in 1719–21.

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*Louis-Gabriel Michaud, ''Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne'', t. XXXIV, Paris, 1811.

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Jacques Quétif
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