Cosme de Villiers




































Cosme de Villiers de Saint Étienne
Personal
Born 1683
Saint-Denis

Died 1758
Orléans

Religion Roman Catholic
Nationality French
Notable work(s)
Bibliotheca carmelitana (1752)
Order Carmelite
Senior posting
Post Orléans

Cosme de Villiers de Saint Étienne (1683-1758) was a French Carmelite bibliographer.



Life


Born in Saint-Denis, near Paris, he joined the Carmelite order and from 1709 to 1727 was lecturer in philosophy or theology in various convents of the order, particularly Nantes, Hennebont, and Saint-Pol-de-Léon. He later became a preacher in Orléans, where he died.



Works


He was the author of the Bibliotheca carmelitana (2 vols, Orleans, 1752).



Sources




  • Dictionnaire historique et bibliographique, vol. 2 (Paris, 1822), 64.


  • Dictionnaire historique; ou, Biographie universelle classique, vol. 6 (Paris, 1829), 3239.









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