- André Terrasson
André Terrasson (born at
Lyon in 1669; died at Paris,25 April 1723 ) was a FrenchOratorian preacher.Life
He was the eldest son of a councillor of the Lyon "
presidial " (court of justice).Gaspard Terrasson was his brother. Entering the Congregation of the Oratory, he devoted himself to preaching, where he gained a high reputation.He preached the Lenten sermons of 1717 before
Louis XIV , next at theCourt of Lorraine , and later twice in the metropolitan church of Paris; the last of these series broke down his health and led to his death.Works
About fifty of his discourses, mostly delivered as Lenten lectures, are preserved, and were published at Paris (4 vols., 1726, 1736).
References
*CURSAY, Mémoires sur les savants de la famille de Terrasson (Trévoux, 1761);
*Nouvelles ecclésiastiques (1736, 1744);
*Supplément au nécrologe des plus célèbres défenseurs de la vérité (s. l., 1763), 120;
*CANDEL, Les prédicateurs français dans la première moitié du XVIIIe siècle (Paris, 1904);
*FÉRET, La Faculté de théologie de Paris, Epoque moderne, VI (Paris, 1909), 144.
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