- Armand-Benjamin Caillau
Armand-Benjamin Caillau (born at
Paris ,22 October 1794 , died there, 1850) was a French Catholic priest, a missionary and writer.Life
Ordained in 1818, he was successively a member of the
Missions de France , rector ofSainte-Geneviève and chaplain of theInfirmerie Marie-Thérèse . He joined, in 1834, theFathers of Mercy , newly re-organized byFather Rauzan . His love of missionary life made him decline episcopal honours and a chair at theSorbonne , but was no obstacle to his literary pursuits.Works
Besides many contributions to the "Bibliographie Catholique", Caillau wrote "Instructions sur l'oraison mentale" (Paris, 1833), a French translation of
Tertullian 's "De Spectaculis" (Paris, 1835), several monographs on Our Lady's Sanctuaries: "Roc-Amadour" (1834), "Loretto" (1843), "N.D. de Puy" (1846), "Litanies du St. Nom de Jesus" (Paris, 1845), "Les nouveaux illuminés" (Michel Vintras) (Orléans, 1849), etc.He is best known, however, by the following works: "Thesaurus Patrum" (Paris, 1823-5), a patristic digest modelled on Merz's "Thesaurus biblicus", with an introduction to patrology; "Collectio selecta Patrum" (Paris 1829-1842), 133 octavo volumes, undertaken in collaboration with
Mgr. Guillon and suspended at the announcement ofMigne 's "Patrology". The insertion of new sermons under the name ofAugustine of Hippo (P.L., XLVII) brought about a controversy between the two editors. "Histoire de la Vie des Saints" (Paris 1835-1840), four octavo volumes, and also (Paris 1863) five octavo volumes, written in collaboration withAbbé Juste ; "S. Gregorii Nazianzeni opera" (Paris, 1842), two folio volumes (also P.G., XXVII and XXVIII), an edition, partly from the manuscript notes of D. Clémencet, reviewed by Villemain in the "Journal des Savants" (1845 and 1847) "Rhetorica Patrum" (Paris, 1838), three volumes never completed.A similar project of a "Bibliotheca Mariana" resulted only in the publication of a few opuscula of
St. Ephrem ,Bonaventure ,Idiota (Jordan), and the Marial monographs noticed above. Caillau also re-edited Merz's "Thesaurus biblicus" (1822), "L'Année sainte" (1826), vols. III and IV ofD. Ceillier 's " Histoire des auteurs sacrés " (1838-9); and "Lettres deScheffmacher " (1839).References
*Delaporte, Vie du P. Rauzan (Paris, 1857); Bibliographie catholique, X;
*Mangenot, in Dict. de theol. cath., s.v.See also index of
Ceillier , "Histoire des auteurs sacrés" (Paris, 1868).External links
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03142a.htm "Catholic Encyclopedia" article]
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