Jacques paul migne biography of martin

Patrologist and ecclesiastical publisher; b. Saint-Flour, near Orléans, France, Oct. 25, 1800; d. Paris, Oct. 24, 1875. After studying in Orléans, he was ordained there in 1824.

His pamphlet, De la Liberté, on the revolution of 1830, caused difficulties with his bishop, and in 1833 he was permitted to leave Orléans for Paris, where he turned to ecclesiastical journalism. He helped found three unsuccessful newspapers before he brought out L'Univers religieux (later L'Univers ), which he abandoned in 1836 to publish a universal library for the clergy.

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In 2,000 volumes in handy format, he hoped to publish at a moderate price the whole of Christian writings from the beginnings to his own day. He had canonical difficulties over financial matters with Archbishop Quelen of Paris but enjoyed the favor of the bishop of Versailles.

To avoid difficulties of censorship, he founded in 1836, at Petit-Montrouge near Paris, his own publishing house (A