, canon of the cathedral church of Paris, his native place, where he
, canon of the cathedral
church of Paris, his native place, where he was born in
1639, possessed a very superior degree of knowledge in
the liturgies, rites, and ceremonies of the church; and had
for that purpose travelled over Italy, France, and Germany; studying every where the particular customs of
each separate church. He died 1712, aged seventy-three,
leaving a “Universal Martyrology,
” Paris, Life of St. Chaumont,
” Hagiographicai Dictionary,
” which was inserted by Menage in his etymologies of the French tongue,
with great praise of the author, as one whose merit was
not duly estimated by the age he lived in.