Antoine Touron, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Antoine Touron

French historian

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1686

Place of Birth: Graulhet, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 02-Sep-1775

Profession: historian

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Antoine Touron

  • Antoine Touron (5 September 1686 – 2 September 1775) was a French Dominican biographer and historian. He was born at Graulhet, Tarn, France, the son of a merchant, and seems to have joined the Dominicans at an early age.
  • After the completion of his studies he taught philosophy and theology to the students of his province (Toulouse); but the later years of his life were devoted to biography, history, and apologetics.
  • He died at Paris. He wrote twenty-nine books, dealing largely with the history of the Dominican order and the biographical sketches of its notable men.
  • Père Mortier, in his Histoire des maĂ®tres gĂ©nĂ©raux de l'ordre des frères prĂŞcheurs, made generous use of his Histoire des hommes illustres.... Touron's writings include: "Vie de saint Thomas d'Aquin" (considered his best work) "Vie de saint Dominique avec une hist.
  • abrĂ©gĂ©e des ses premiers disciples" "Hist.
  • des hommes illustres de l'ordre de saint Dominique" "De la providence, traitĂ© hist., dogmat.
  • et mor." "La main de Dieu sur les incrĂ©dules, ou hist.
  • abrĂ©gĂ©e des IsraĂ©lites", a work in which he shows that as often as the Chosen People proved false to their Divine vocation, they were punished by God "Parallèle de l'incrĂ©dule et du vrai fidèle" "La vie et l'esprit de saint Charles BorromĂ©e" "La veritĂ© vengĂ©e en faveur de saint Thomas" "Hist.
  • gĂ©nerale de l'AmĂ©rique depuis sa dĂ©couverte", an ecclesiastical history of the New World.

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