Valère Regnault or Regnauld ( la, Valerius Reginaldus) (1545–1623) was a French
Jesuit theologian.
Life
He was born in the
diocese of Besançon
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
. He studied under
Juan Maldonado at the
Collège de Clermont
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...
, where he was one of the first pupils. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1573. He taught philosophy at the
Collège de Bordeaux, then
moral theology
Ethics involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior.''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy''"Ethics"/ref> A central aspect of ethics is "the good life", the life worth living or life that is simply sati ...
in several colleges.
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Works
*''Praxis Fori Penitentialis''
*''Compendaria praxis difficiliorum casuum conscientiae''
References
*Robert A. Maryks (2008) ''Saint Cicero and the Jesuits: The influence of the liberal arts on the adoption of moral probabilism''
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Notes
External links
Jesuitica page
1545 births
1623 deaths
16th-century French Jesuits
17th-century French Jesuits
16th-century French Catholic theologians
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