Xavier Pérouse de Montclos

Xavier de Montclos (30 August 1924 – 21 September 2018) was a 20th–21st-century French historian, a specialist of the history of religions and particularly Christianity.

Career In 1965, he defended his thesis devoted to Lavigerie, le Saint-Siège et l'Église, de l'avènement de Pie IX à l'avènement de Léon XIII, 1846-1978. In 1966, he supported a complementary thesis on Le toast d'Alger, documents, 1890-1891.

He is emeritus professor at the Lumière University Lyon 2.

In 1967, Xavier de Montclos was awarded the Prix Broquette-Gonin in literature for his Le Toast d’Alger (1890-1891).

Works Histoire religieuse de la France, Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1988 . . Brève histoire de l'Église de France, Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 2002 L'ancienne bourgeoisie en France du XVIe au XXe siècle, Paris, Christian, 2005