Eusèbe Renaudot ( French pronunciation: [øzɛb ʁənodo] ; 20 July 1646 – 1 September 1720) was a French theologian and Orientalist .
5-407: Renaudot may refer to: Eusèbe Renaudot (1646–1720), French theologian and expert on Eastern languages Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1867–1962), French astronomer Théophraste Renaudot (1586–1653), French physician, medical author, and founder of a weekly newspaper Renaudot (crater) , Martian impact crater Prix Renaudot (Renaudot Prize),
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15-600: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Eus%C3%A8be Renaudot Renaudot was born in Paris , and brought up and educated for a career in the church. After being educated by the Jesuits, and joining the Oratorians in 1666, he was in poor health, left his order, and never took more than minor orders . Despite his interest in theology and his title of abbé , much of his life
20-574: The Accademia della Crusca of Florence. The learning in Eastern languages which he acquired in his youth and maintained amid the distractions of court life did not bear fruit until he was sixty-two. Renaudot's best-known books are Historia Patriarcharum Alexandrinorum (Paris, 1713 which is translation of original work by Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa ) and Liturgiarum orientalium collectio (2 vols., 1715–16). The latter argued for continuous Christian belief in
25-570: Was spent at the French court, where he attracted the notice of Colbert and was often employed in confidential affairs. He was a prominent supporter of Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet , in the controversies with Richard Simon , François Fénelon and the Jesuits. In later life his attitudes became Gallican and Jansenist . He became a member of the Académie française (1689), the Academy of Inscriptions (1691), and
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