Pierre-Claude Fontenai (16 July 1683, in Paris – 13 October 1742, in La Flèche), was an 18th-century French

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priest and historian. He was rector of the college of Orléans when he was instructed to continue the ''Histoire de l'Église gallicane'' begun by Jacques Longueval. Taking residence in the maison professe de Paris, he published volumes IX and X and prepared volume XI. He led the observation of the

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on 12 July 1684 at the collège Louis-le-Grand.After .

Texts

* ''Histoire de l'Église gallicane'', vol 9 et 10, París, 1739 and 1744.

Sources

* H. Beylard: Article ''Fontenai, Pierre-Claude'' dans ''Diccionario historico de la Compañia de Jesús'', vol.II, Roma, IHSI, 2001, (p. 1483).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fontenai, Pierre-Claude Clergy from Paris 1683 births 1742 deaths 18th-century French Jesuits 18th-century French historians Historians of the Catholic Church