Robert Guérard (1641 – 2 January 1715) was a French

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scholar of the

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Life

Guérard was born at

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. For some time, he collaborated at Saint-Denys in the Maurist edition of the works of

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. In 1675, however, he had to leave Saint-Denys by order of

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, who wrongly suspected him of having had a hand in the publication of ', a work which severely criticized the practice of holding and bestowing abbeys, etc., ''

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''. His superior sent him to the monastery of Notre Dame at Ambronay, in the

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. While in exile, he discovered at the

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monastery of Portes a manuscript of Augustine's ''Opus imperfectum'' against

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, which was afterwards used in the Maurist edition of Augustine's works. After a year of exile, he was recalled, and spent the rest of his life successively at

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and at the monastery of Saint-Ouen, where he died.

Works

He is the author of a biblical work entitled "L'Abrégé de la sainte Bible en forme de questions et de réponses familières", which he published at Rouen in 1707 (later edition, Paris, 1745).

References

;Attribution * The entry cites: ** Tassin, Histoire literaire de la Congr. de St-Maur (Brussels, 1770), 372–4; **BERLIERE, Nouveau Supplement a l'hist. lit. de la Congr. de St-Maur (Paris, 1908), I, 270; **MICHAUD, Biographie universelle, s.v. {{DEFAULTSORT:Guerard, Robert 1641 births 1715 deaths French Benedictines French Christian monks Fécamp Abbey