Francis Gigot

Francis Ernest Charles Gigot (1859– June 14, 1920) was a French Catholic priest and Sulpician who published many religious books.

Biography Born in Indre, France in 1859, Gigot was educated at the seminary in Limoges before attending the Institut Catholique de Paris, where he was a student of the liberal Alfred Loisy. He was ordained in 1883. Gigot and the others left the Sulpicians to join the Archdiocese of New York.

He was a member of the American Oriental Society and the New York Oriental Club.

Gigot died at St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan in 1920.

Works General introduction to the study of the Holy Scriptures. Abridged ed. By Rev. Francis E. Gigot New York Cincinnati [etc.] Benziger brothers. 1900, 1904. Outlines of Jewish History, Benziger brothers. 1918 A Primer of Old Testament History, The Paulist Press. 1919