McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Chapelle (De Jumilhac) Pierre Benoit

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Chapelle (De Jumilhac) Pierre Benoit


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a French theologian and Benedictine of St. Maur, was born at Saint-Jean- Ligoure. After having been visitor of the province of Bretagne in 1651, of Toulouse in 1654, and assistant of the general of his order in 1657, and also superior of several monasteries, he retired to the abbey of St. Germain-des-Pres, where he ended his days, March 22, 1682. He left La Science et la Pratique du Plain Chant (Paris, 1677). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Générale, s.v.