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| Pierre Chaignon, S.J. | |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
| Order: | Society of Jesus |
| Nationality: | French |
| Birth Date: | 8 October 1791 |
| Birth Place: | Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, France |
| Death Place: | Angers, France |
| Ordination: | 14 August 1819 |
Pierre Chaignon, S.J. (1791–1883) was a French Jesuit priest and spiritual writer.[1]
Pierre Chaignon was born in Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, Mayenne, France, on 8 October 1791.[1]
He was professed into the Society of Jesus on 14 August 1819 at the age of 27, and spent his life as a priest in the spiritual direction of other priests, giving an estimated three hundred retreats to French clergy over the course of thirty years.[1] He wrote a book of spiritual meditations for priests entitled Méditationes sacerdotales and established a Union of Prayer for Deceased Priests which was canonically erected into a confraternity in 1861.[1]
He died at Angers on 20 September 1883.[1]