Jacques Sirmond facts for kids
Jacques Sirmond (born October 12 or 22, 1559 – died October 7, 1651) was a French scholar and a member of the Jesuit order. He was known for his important work in editing and publishing old historical texts from the Middle Ages.
Jacques Sirmond's Early Life and Career
Jacques Sirmond was born in Riom, a town in the Auvergne region of France. He went to school at the Jesuit College of Billom. After his studies, he joined the Jesuit order on July 26, 1576.
Sirmond taught rhetoric (the art of speaking or writing effectively) in Paris. Later, he lived in Rome for many years, from 1590 to 1608. During this time, he worked as a secretary for Claudio Acquaviva, who was the leader of the Jesuit order. In 1637, he became the confessor (a spiritual advisor) to King Louis XIII of France.
Jacques Sirmond's Important Writings
Jacques Sirmond spent a lot of his life working on historical documents. He published many new editions of writings by Latin and Byzantine chroniclers. These chroniclers were people who wrote down historical events during the Middle Ages.
Here are some of the important historical figures whose works he edited:
- Ennodius and Flodoard (1611)
- Sidonius Apollinaris (1614)
- The life story of Saint Leo IX written by Archdeacon Wibert (1615)
- Marcellinus and Idatius (1619)
- Anastasius the Librarian (1620)
- Eusebius of Caesarea (1643)
- Hincmar (1645)
- Theodulf of Orléans (1646)
- Hrabanus Maurus (1647)
- Rufinus and Loup de Ferrières (1650)
He also worked on other major historical projects:
- His edition of the laws and rules (called capitularies) made by Charles the Bald. This work was titled Karoli Calvi et successorum aliquot Franciae regum capitula (1623).
- An edition of the records from ancient church meetings (called councils) in France. This large work, Concilia antiquae Galliae, was published in three volumes in 1629. A new, but unfinished, edition came out in 1789.
In 1641, Sirmond wrote an essay that caused some debate. In this essay, he suggested that Saint Denis of Paris was not the same person as St Denis the Areopagite. His collected works, called Opera varia, include this essay and a Latin poem about his trip from Paris to Rome in 1590. These works were published in five volumes in 1696, with a new edition in Venice in 1728. He is also believed to have written Elogio di cardinale Baronio (1607).
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