Marie Nicolas Sylvestre Guillon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marie Nicolas Sylvestre Guillon

French eccliasiastic

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1760

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 16-Oct-1847

Profession: librarian, theologian, almoner

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Marie Nicolas Sylvestre Guillon (January 1, 1760 – 1847), French ecclesiastic, was born in Paris. He was librarian and almoner in the household of the princesse de Lamballe, and when in 1792 she was executed, he fled to the provinces, where under the name of Pastel he practised medicine. A man of facile conscience, he afterwards served in turn under Napoleon, the House of Bourbon and the House of Orléans, and became canon of St Denis, bishop of Morocco and dean of the Sorbonne. Among his many literary works are a Collection, des brefs du pape Pie VI (1798), Bibliothèque choisie des Pères de l'Église grecque et latine (1822–28, 26 vols.
; reprint 1828-29, 36 vols.) and a French translation of Cyprian with notes (1837, 2 vols.).