McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Legros, Nicolas

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Legros, Nicolas


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a French Jansenist theologian, was born at Rheims in 1675. He passed the last twenty-five years of his life in Holland, to which he retired for refuge from persecution. He died in 1751. Among his works are a French translation of the Bible (1739), which is esteemed for fidelity; and a Manual for the Christian (1740).