Jacques Crétineau-Joly
Jacques Crétineau-Joly (23 September 1803 – 1 January 1875)[1] was a French Catholic journalist and historian, known both for his political activism and for his extensive histories of the Jesuits.
Biography
Crétineau-Joly was born at
After an initial attempt to travel to Rome ended in shipwreck off the coast of Monaco, Crétineau-Joly was able to reach Rome in 1823, as companion and private secretary to the French ambassador, the Duke of Laval-Montmorency.[1][2] While in Rome, Crétinau-Joly met Ercole Consalvi, and after Consalvi's death in 1824, published a Memoirs of Cardinal Consalvi.[1] On 25 August 1825, he preached in San Luigi dei Francesi with Pope Leo XII in attendance.[1] Before leaving Rome, Crétineau-Joly also, in 1826, published Chants romains, which contained verses of an irreligious character.
Returning home in 1828, Crétineau-Joly accepted a chair of humanities at the Little Seminary of La Rochefoucauld, which he again had to quickly resign due to his health.[1] He took a job as a tutor for a family in Confolens, sending money home to his parents to help pay off their debts.[1] During this time he issued a number of volumes of poems and dramas, including Les Trappistes (Angoulême, 1828), Inspirations poétiques (Angoulême, 1833), and other poems. In 1830, he married.[1]
After the
Crétineau-Joly's reputation outside France was largely due to his religious-political writings, especially his six-volume history of the
In May of 1846, Pope Pius IX met personally with Crétineau-Joly in the Quirinal Palace, and asked him to write a history of secret societies. For this purpose, he gave Crétineau-Joly a number of documents on the Alta Vendita, including seized correspondence. Crétineau-Joly used this material to compose L'Église romaine en face de la Révolution.[5][1]
Crétineau-Joly died in Vincennes near Paris.[2]
Main works
- Histoire, religieuse, politique et littéraire de la Compagnie de Jésus, (6 vol.), Paris-Lyon, 1845.
- Clément XIV et les Jésuites, Paris-Bruxelles, 1847.
- Lettre au Père A. Theiner, Bruxelles-Paris, 1853.
- L'Église romaine en face de la Révolution, 2 vol., 1859 Google books
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The Month and Catholic Review. Simpkin, Marshall and Company. 1875. pp. 205–216.
- ^ a b c Schlager, Patricius (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).
- ISBN 9789004283879.
- JSTOR 1507043. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ISBN 9780852446058.
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schlager, Patricius (1913). "Jacques Crétineau-Joly". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.