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'''Agathange de Vendôme''' (1598-1638) was a French Capuchin. Born at Vendôme, France, joined the Capucin Order and was ordained a priest in 1625. In 1633 he succeeded [[Gilles de Loches]] as head of the Capucin missions in Egypt. In 1634, he confirmed to French intellectual and collector [[Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc]] that a copy of the "lost" book of Enoch was available in Egypt in the Ethiopic language. In 1636 the manuscript (in reality, a theological commentary merely containing citations of and allusions to the book of Enoch) was in Peiresc's hands in France. Father Agathange died a martyr in 1638 in Dibarua, near [[Suakin, Sudan]], where he had tried to establish a Capuchin mission. | '''Agathange de Vendôme''' (1598-1638) was a French Capuchin. Born at Vendôme, France, joined the Capucin Order and was ordained a priest in 1625. In 1633 he succeeded [[Gilles de Loches]] as head of the Capucin missions in Egypt. In 1634, he confirmed to French intellectual and collector [[Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc]] that a copy of the "lost" book of Enoch was available in Egypt in the Ethiopic language. In 1636 the manuscript (in reality, a theological commentary merely containing citations of and allusions to the book of Enoch) was in Peiresc's hands in France. Father Agathange died a martyr in 1638 in Dibarua, near [[Suakin, Sudan]], where he had tried to establish a Capuchin mission. | ||
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*[http://www.martyretsaint.com/agathange-de-vendome/ Martyrs and Saints] | *[http://www.martyretsaint.com/agathange-de-vendome/ Martyrs and Saints] | ||
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[[Category:Born in the 1590s| 1598 Agathange]] | [[Category:Born in the 1590s| 1598 Agathange]] | ||
[[Category:Died in the 1630s| 1638 Agathange]] | [[Category:Died in the 1630s| 1638 Agathange]] | ||
[[Category:Enochic Studies|1598 Agathange]] | [[Category:Enochic Studies|1598 Agathange]] | ||
Revision as of 19:04, 7 January 2017
Agathange de Vendôme (1598-1638) was a French Capuchin. Born at Vendôme, France, joined the Capucin Order and was ordained a priest in 1625. In 1633 he succeeded Gilles de Loches as head of the Capucin missions in Egypt. In 1634, he confirmed to French intellectual and collector Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc that a copy of the "lost" book of Enoch was available in Egypt in the Ethiopic language. In 1636 the manuscript (in reality, a theological commentary merely containing citations of and allusions to the book of Enoch) was in Peiresc's hands in France. Father Agathange died a martyr in 1638 in Dibarua, near Suakin, Sudan, where he had tried to establish a Capuchin mission.