Benoit, Jean (2)

Benoit, Jean (1)

a French theologian, native of Evreux, entered the Dominican order about 1510, and afterwards taught, with great success, theology at Paris. Being appointed priest of the Valley of Ecoliers by Henry II, he introduced a new course of discipline. He was a distinguished mathematician and architect, and assisted, it is said, in the construction of the chateau of Anet. He died in 1563, leaving, Introductiones Dialecticoe (Paris, 1538). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Benoit, Jean (2)

a French historian and preacher of the Dominican order, was born at Carcassonne in 1632. Not unacquainted with French and Latin literature, he devoted himself particularly to an evangelical career, and preached with success in the principal cities of Midi. He died May 8, 1705, leaving, Probleme de la Victoire et de la Paix, a poem (Paris, 1687): Histoire des Albigeois’ et de Vaudois (ibid. 1691): Suite de Histoire des Albigeois (Toulouse, 1693). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature