Pierre Chaignon
| Pierre Chaignon, S.J. | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 8 October 1791 Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, France |
| Died | 20 September 1883 (aged 91) Angers, France |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Order | Society of Jesus |
| Ordination | 14 August 1819 |
Pierre Chaignon, S.J. (1791–1883) was a French Jesuit priest and spiritual writer.[1]
Life
Pierre Chaignon was born in Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, Mayenne, France, on 8 October 1791.[1]
He was professed into the Society of Jesus on 14 August 1819 at the age of 27, and spent his life as a priest in the spiritual direction of other priests, giving an estimated three hundred retreats to French clergy over the course of thirty years.[1] He wrote a book of spiritual meditations for priests entitled Méditationes sacerdotales and established a Union of Prayer for Deceased Priests which was canonically erected into a confraternity in 1861.[1]
He died at Angers on 20 September 1883.[1]
From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
Pierre Chaignon — Born at Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, Mayenne, France, 8 October, 1791, entered the Society of Jesus 14 August, 1819; died at Angers, 20 Sept., 1883. He passed his whole life in the ministry, chiefly in the spiritual direction of priests. In thirty years he gave three hundred retreats to the clergy of the principal dioceses of France. His chief literary work is his " Méditationes sacerdotales " which has appeared in several Ianguages, Bohemian, Polish, Italian, and English. Bishop De Goesbriand of Burbriand, Vermont, U. S. A., translated it into English from the eleventh edition. Chaignon wrote also "Le salut facilité aux pécheurs par la dévotion au très saint et immaculé Coeur de Marie"; "Les six dimanches de St. Louis de Gonzague"; "Le prêtre è l'autel"; "Paix de l'ame"; and also several brochures on a good death, the jubilees of 1869 and 1875, etc. He established a Union of Prayer for Deceased Priests which was canonically erected into a confraternity in 1861.
References
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Bibliography
- Méditationes Sacerdotales (English: Sacerdotal Meditations or Meditations for the Use of the Secular Clergy)
- Le Salut Facilité aux Pécheurs par la Dévotion au Très Saint et Immaculé Coeur de Marie (English: The Easy Salvation of Sinners by Devotion of the Most Sacred and Immaculate Heart of Mary)
- Les Six Dimanches de St. Louis de Gonzague (English: Six Sundays of St. Aloysius Gonzaga)
- Le Prêtre è l'Autel (English: The Priest and the Altar or The Sacrifice of the Mass Worthily Celebrated)
- Paix de l'Ame (English: Peace of Soul)
External links
- A 1907 English translation of Meditations for the Use of the Secular Clergy by L. de Goesbriand on Google Books
- An 1897 English translation of The Sacrifice of the Mass Worthily Celebrated by L. de Goesbriand on Google Books