Jacques de Coras

Jacques de Coras (1625 – 24 December 1677) was a French poet born in

, and he converted to Catholicism. He mixed to good effect his poetic studies and his religious work. He died in 1677.

Works

• la Conversion de Jacques de Coras, dédiée à nosseigneurs du clergé de France; 1665, Paris, in-12.
• Jonas, ou Ninive pénitente; 1663, Paris, in-12.
• Three poems, Josué, Samson, and David, were published under the title Œvres poétiques; 1665, Paris, 1n-12.

Sources

• This article, in its inaugural (Nov 2005) edition, consists largely of material translated from the article, Coras (Jacques de), in the French-language Nouvelle Biographie Général: 1860, Paris: Fermin Didot Frères. vol.xi, column 764. That article, itself, gives as a reference, Moréri, Grand dict. hist.