Valroger, Hyacinthe de
Valroger, Hyacinthe de
French Oratorian, born at Caen, 6 January, 1814; died 10 October, 1876. He first studied medicine, and was later ordained priest (1837), and made director of the lesser seminary of Bayeaux. In 1847 he became titular canon of the cathedral of Bayeaux. In 1852 he joined Père Gratry in the work of restoring the French Oratory, where he became professor of theology, master of novices, and assistant general. He was a man of great learning, but being equally modest, always hesitated to publish his works lest they should not be opportune of sufficiently exact. Besides many articles in Catholic reviews he published: “Etudes critiques sur le rationalisme contemporain” (Paris, 1846); “Essai sur la crédibilité de l’histoire évangélique en réponse au Dr. Strauss’ (Paris, 1847); “Du christianisme et du paganisme dans l’enseignement” (Paris, 1852); “Introduction historique et critique aux livres du Nouveau Testament” (Paris, 1861); “L’âge du monde et de l’homme d’après la Bible et l’église” (Paris, 1869); “La genèse des espèces, études philosophiques et religieuses” (Paris, 1873); “Pensées philosophiques et religieuses du Comte de Maistre” (Paris, 1879).
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A.M.P. INGOLD Transcribed by Christine J. Murray
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XVCopyright © 1912 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, October 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York