Gilles du Monin

Gilles du Monin (1565–1624), also known as Ægidius Monin, was a Belgian Jesuit ecclesiastical historian and liturgical author.[1]

Life

Monin was born at Beauraing in the Duchy of Luxembourg in 1565. He studied Theology, graduating LST, and in 1592 was appointed a canon of Namur cathedral. In 1603 he resigned his canonry and entered the Society of Jesus. He went on to serve as rector of Jesuit colleges in Namur and Liège.[2]

Monin helped write the propers for the saints of the diocese of Namur in the Tridentine office issued for the diocese by Jean Dauvin as bishop of Namur in 1619.[3]

He died 17 September 1624 while serving as spriritual prefect of a Jesuit house in Lille.

Works

References

  1. ↑ "Gillis du Monin", in A. J. van der Aa, Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden, vol. 12 (Haarlem, 1869), 982-983.
  2. ↑ Jean-Noël Paquot, Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire littéraire des dix-sept provinces, vol. 6 (Leuven, 1765), 261-262
  3. ↑ Ch. Wilmet, "Fragment d'une histoire ecclésiastique de Namur: Épiscopat des évêques Dauvin et Des Bois", Annales de la Société archéologique de Namur, vol. 8 (1863-1864), 383-424.
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