Jean Fontaine facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Jean Fontaine
|
|
|---|---|
| Born | 2 December 1936 Saint-André-lez-Lille, France
|
| Died | 1 May 2021 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Writer Theologian |
Jean Fontaine (2 December 1936 – 1 May 2021) was a French writer, theologian, and missionary.
Biography
In 1953, Fontaine earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics. On 15 September 1955, he left for Algeria as part of the White Fathers. From 1956 to 1957, he studied theology at Saint-Joseph de Thibar in Tunisia before becoming a teacher in Algeria. He then took three years of theology courses in Carthage and Arabic studied in Manouba from 1962 to 1964. From 1964 to 1965, he completed his Arabic studies at the Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies in Rome. In 1968, he obtained a licentiate in Arabic from Tunis University. From 1968 to 1977, he was a librarian at the Institut des belles lettres arabes and directed the journal Ibla from 1977 to 1999. He earned a doctorate from the University of Provence in 1977.
Jean Fontaine died on 1 May 2021 at the age of 84.
