John Brignon, S.J. (1629 – 12 June 1712) was a translator of religious works into French.

Biography

Born in

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, he was a member of the

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and spent the sixty-five years of his religious life chiefly in the translation of works of piety into French. He died in

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Translations

Among Brignon's translations are the works of De Ponte and Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, the ''Spiritual Combat'', the ''

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'' and the short treatises of Robert Bellarmine. All these translations have passed through a number of editions. He edited and revised ''The Devout Life'' of St. Francis de Sales and the ''Fondements'' of Jean-Joseph Surin. The only works by English authors he translated into French were the ''Decem Rationes'' of Edmund Campion and the ''Tractatus de Misericordia fidelibus defunctis exhibendâ'' by James Mumford.

References

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