Pierre Parisot (1697–1769) was a

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missionary, Capuchin monk, and priest. He took several names, including Père Norbert, Curé Parisot, Norbert de Bar-le-Duc, Norbert de Lorraine, or Abbé Platel.Europe & the Far East - p.173-174 - Pierre Parisot (or Curé Parisot, Norbert de Bar-le-Duc, Norbert de Lorraine, or Abbé Platel
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s and wrote against them in his ''Memoirs of the East Indian Missions'' in 1744, exposing the methods by which they were obtaining conversions.The life and correspondence of Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Pierre Parisot (1697-1770), Roman Catholic monk and later, in 1736
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Early life

He was born in

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in 1697.

Career

He went by several names, including Père Norbert, Curé Parisot, Norbert de Bar-le-Duc, Norbert de Lorraine, or Abbé Platel. He opposed Jesuits and wrote against them in his ''Memoirs of the East Indian Missions'' in 1744, exposing the methods by which they obtained conversions. He entered the holy orders and was dispatched on a mission to

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as a Capuchin Friar. He became a Capuchin monk in 1716 and a Priest in 1729. In December 1736, he was appointed as the

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of the French mission and was sent to Malabar and later to

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. He stayed in India for four years, including three years in Pondicherry where he came in contact with Jesuits that led to a conflict.

Conflict with Jesuits

During his stay in

, he came in contact with Jesuits leading to a conflict on the issue of the struggle of the Malabaric rites''.''

Claude de Visdelou Claude de Visdelou (12 August 1656 – 11 November 1737) was a French Jesuit missionary. Life De Visdelou was born at the Château de Bienassis, Erquy, Brittany. He entered the Society of Jesus on 5 September 1673, and was one of the missiona ...

, a French Jesuit missionary in

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had issues in regulating and prohibiting the use of Chinese Rites. Visdelou had arrived in Pondicherry from China on June 25, 1709, long before Parisot. Visdelou remained in Pondicherry until his death as he was not allowed to return to

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. As both Visdelou in exile and Pierre Parisot were living in the same House of the Capuchins in the same town, they had issues regarding Malabari rites and thus launched the conflict. Upon his return to France, Parisot published ''Historical Memoirs of the Missions in the Indies'' - a vindictive work with regards to the

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. However, his own

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did not support him, and instead opposed him so strongly as to force him to move to

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. He supported himself in England by establishing a

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and Turkish carpet manufactory in

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, under the patronage of the

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. He moved it in 1753 to

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(possibly on the site now home to building numbers 49-55) with the idea of a 'youth training scheme', where the

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had already been established. He eventually returned to France, under the name Abbé Platel, visiting

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and

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while undergoing

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. After returning to France, he again wrote and published his principal work ''History of the

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, from its first foundation by

Ignatius Loyola Ignatius of Loyola, S.J. (born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; eu, Ignazio Loiolakoa; es, Ignacio de Loyola; la, Ignatius de Loyola; – 31 July 1556), venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian, ...

'' in six volumes.

Works

* ''Memoirs of the East Indian Missions in 1747.'' * ''History of the

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, from its first foundation by

.''

References

External links

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Pierre Parisot (1697-1770), Roman Catholic monk and later, in 1736, parish priest of Pondicherry

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