Cosme de Villiers
Cosme de Villiers de Saint Étienne | |
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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.