Jacobi Vanierii è Societate Jesu Praedium Rusticum
by Jacques Vanière
| Jacobi Vanierii e Societate Jesu Praedium Rusticum | ||
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| Author | Jacques Vanière | |
| Published | Tolosæ: Apud Petrum Robert, Collegii Tolosani Societatis Jesu Typographum & Bibliopolam, sub Signo Nominis Jesu | |
| Date | 1742 | |
Jacques Vanière was a Jesuit priest and poet born March 9, 1664 in Causses within the diocese of Béziers.[1] He studied under a Jesuit priest, Father Joubert, who found that young Vanière had little talent for poetry.[2] Yet Vanière developed into a strong writer under Joubert's tutelage infusing his poetry with a deep admiration and respect for the countryside which he inherited from his parents.[3] Vanière entered the Jesuits to continue his study of the humanities and to teach students of his own. He died in Toulouse on August 22, 1739.[4]
Vanière gained prominence in France when he published two poems: Stagna and Columbae.[5] He also produced a volume of verses in Latin titled Recueil de vers latins and Dictionaire poetique, a dictionary for poetry. However, Praedium Rusticum is considered his greatest poetic work. It is comprised of 16 chants in the style of Virgil's Georgics.[6]
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References
- ↑ Reynaud, Florian. L’elevage bovin: De l’agronome au paysan (1700-1850). Rennes: PU, 2010.
- ↑ Pérennès, Francois and Jacques Paul Pérennès Migne. Dictionnaire de biographie chrétienne...: N-Z. Migne, 1851.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Reynaud, L’elevage bovin.
- ↑ Pérennès & Migne, Dictionnaire de biographie chrétienne.
- ↑ Ibid.
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