Simon Mopinot Explained

Simon Mopinot (1685–1724) was a French Maurist scholar.^[1]

Mopinot was born at Reims, was educated at the Abbey of Saint-Faron in Meaux, and took Benedictine vows there in 1703.^[2] He worked with Marie Didier on an edition of Tertullian, then with Pierre Coustant on papal decretals.^[3]

External links

• Old encyclopedia article
• New General Biographical Dictionary
• BBKL page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hugolin. 1911. Montreal. L'établissement des Récollets à Montréal, 1692 [microform]]. 114. Internet Archive. 12 July 2015.
2. Book: Walter Farquhar Hook. Walter Farquhar Hook. An Ecclesiastical Biography, containing the lives of ancient fathers and modern divines, interspersed with notices of heretics and schismatics. 1851. 345.
3. Book: Irena Dorota Backus. The Reception of the Church Fathers in the West: From the Carolingians to the Maurists. 30 November 1996. BRILL. 90-04-09722-8. 1030.