Pierre-Claude Fontenai, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 16-Jul-1683
Place of Birth: Paris, ĂŽle-de-France, France
Date of Death: 13-Oct-1742
Profession: historian
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Pierre-Claude Fontenai
- Pierre-Claude Fontenai (16 July 1683, Paris – 13 October 1742, La Flèche), was an 18th-century French Jesuit priest and historian. He was rector of the college of Orléans when he was instructed to continue the Histoire de l'Église gallicane begun by Jacques Longueval.
- Taking residence in the maison professe de Paris, he published volumes IX and X and prepared volume XI. He led the observation of the solar eclipse on 12 July 1684 at the collège Louis-le-Grand.
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