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Joseph de Tonquédec, S.J. (December 27, 1868 – November 21, 1962) was a widely known
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and author. Father Tonquédec was born in Morlaix, France on December 27, 1868. He received his doctorate in philosophy in 1899 and his doctorate in theology in 1905. He was the professor of philosophy at Collège St. Grégoire, Tours, from 1899 to 1901. He was the official exorcist of
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from 1924 to 1962. Father
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, in his 1994 memoir ''An Exorcist Tells His Story,'' cites Father de Tonquédec, referring to him as a "famous French exorcist." Father de Tonquédec was an intellectual adversary of the French philosopher
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. His writings on theology, philosophy, and literature have been translated into languages including Italian, Spanish, Latin, and English; see, for example, his "Some Aspects of Satan's Activity in this World."Tonquédec, Joseph de. "Some Aspects of Satan's Activity in this World," in ''Satan,'' ed. by Père Bruno de Jesus-Marie,
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New York: Sheed and Ward, 1952.
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Number: 1746511. Original (French) edition Paris: Desclée de Brouwer, 1948.
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Number: 607827399. See also ''Soundings in Satanism'', ed. by F.J. Sheed. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1972. .
Tonquédec died on November 21, 1962 in France.


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, ses idées et son caractère''. Paris: Nouvelle Librairie nationale, 1920. *''Deux études sur "La Pensée" de M. Maurice Blondel. La doctrine de la connaissance. La question du surnaturel. Avec un appendice sur le désir naturel de la vision de Dieu''. Paris: Éditions Beauchesne, 1936. Reprinted as . *''Introduction à l'étude du merveilleux et du miracle''. Paris: Éditions Beauchesne, 1938 (3e édition). Reprinted 2013; . *''Les maladies nerveuses ou mentales et les manifestations diaboliques''. Paris: Éditions Beauchesne, 1938. Reprinted 1997; .


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