Marie Nicolas Sylvestre Guillon

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.).

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

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Name	Guillon, Marie Nicolas Sylvestre
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Date of birth	January 1, 1760
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Date of death	1847
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