Saint-Cyran

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Saint-Cyran (Jean Duvergier de Hauranne) was a 17th-century French Catholic theologian and spiritual director closely linked to the Jansenist movement and the reform of Port-Royal.

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Saint-Cyran canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century writer
Catholic theologian
French theologian
Jansenist
human
spiritual director
alsoKnownAs Abbé de Saint-Cyran
Jean Duvergier de Hauranne
associatedWith Port-Royal-des-Champs Abbey
surface form: Abbaye de Port-Royal

Port-Royal-des-Champs
birthName Jean Duvergier de Hauranne
causeOfImprisonment suspected Jansenist sympathies
closeTo Cornelius Jansen
countryOfCitizenship France
educatedAt KU Leuven
surface form: University of Leuven
era 17th century
imprisonedAt Vincennes
influenced Antoine Arnauld
Jansenist spirituality
Jean Racine
Port-Royal reform
knownFor direction of consciences at Port-Royal
role in early Jansenist controversy
strict moral rigorism
languageOfWork French
Latin
movement Jansenism
notableIdea emphasis on interior conversion
rigorous Augustinian view of grace
notableWork De la fréquente communion
De la pénitence
Lettres chrétiennes et spirituelles
Traité de la foi
occupation Catholic priest
spiritual director
theologian
opposedBy Cardinal Richelieu
partOf Counter-Reformation
surface form: Catholic Reformation in France
placeOfActivity Paris
Port-Royal-des-Champs
positionHeld abbot of Saint-Cyran
spiritual director of Port-Royal
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
studentOf Cornelius Jansen
theologicalFocus grace and predestination
penance and confession
theologicalTradition Augustinian theology
surface form: Augustinianism

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