Jean de Gagny (died 1549) was a French theologian. He was at the

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in 1524.Tertullian: R.W.Hunt, The Need for a Guide to the Editors of Patristic Texts in the 16th Century, Studia Patristica XVII.1 (1982), pp.365–371
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of the

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, in 1531, and Almoner Royal, in 1536. In 1546 he became

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. He published some significant

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commentaries on parts of the ''

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''. He was also a business partner of the typographer

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, and collector of manuscripts, particularly of

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works. His position close to

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gave him access to monastic libraries.James P. Carley, Pierre Petitmengin ''Pre-Conquest manuscripts from Malmesbury Abbey and John Leland's letter to Beatus Rhenanus concerning a lost copy of Tertullian's works'' (PDF), pp. 5–7
= ''Anglo-Saxon England'' 33 (2004), 195–223.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gagny, Jean De 1549 deaths Academic staff of the University of Paris Rectors of the University of Paris 16th-century French Catholic theologians French biblical scholars Chancellors of the University of Paris Year of birth unknown