Antonin Brémond was the

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from 1748 to 1755.

Biography

Antonin Brémond was a Dominican

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from the

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.Benedict M. Ashley, ''The Dominicans'', ch. 7
He worked as a

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for five years. Under the previous master of his order, Tomás Ripoll, he was an editor of the Order's documents. He also wrote a ''Useful Manual of the Christian Life'' for the children of

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, who were then in exile in

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. He was elected master of the order by acclamation at a

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held in 1748. In poor health, he accomplished little as master, dying in 1755.

References

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