About Jérôme Besoigne
Lived 1686 – 1763 (aged 76–77). Jérôme Besoigne was a French catholic priest, theologian and university teacher.
Jérôme Besoigne (1686 in Paris – 1763) was a prominent Jansenist apologist and oppositionist to the Bull "Unigenitus."
Biography Besoigne was ordained in 1715 and received a doctorate at the Sorbonne in 1718. He served as assistant principal of the College of Plessis until his defence of Jansenism and his opposition to the Bull "Unigenitus" obliged him to resign the post. In 1729, the Sorbonne erased him from the list of Doctors and, in 1731, he was exiled from Paris. During the following year he was allowed to return.
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Who was Jérôme Besoigne?
French priest
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Jérôme Besoigne was born in 1686 in Paris.
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Jérôme Besoigne died on 25 January 1763 in Paris.
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Jérôme Besoigne was a catholic priest, theologian and university teacher.
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Jérôme Besoigne was French.
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