Jacques Quétif (; 6 August 1618 – 2 March 1698) was a
French Dominican and noted bibliographer. His major work ''Scriptores ordinis praedicatorum'' was completed by his fellow Dominican
Jacques Échard.
Quétif was born in
Paris
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. He entered the
Dominican Order at the age of 17, then studied philosophy at Paris and theology at
Bordeaux
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. In 1652, he became librarian of the Dominican convent in the
rue Saint-Honoré in Paris. He maintained relations with Chancellor
Séguier, who entrusted his library and choice of books to him. He was much consulted as an expert in canon law. His knowledge and his ability to write in Latin resulted in his superiors giving him the task of writing the history of the order. This work was incomplete at his death but was afterwards finished by
Jacques Échard, who published it under the title ''Scriptores ordinis praedicatorum recensiti notis historicis et criticis illustrati auctoribus'' in 1719–21.
Sources
*Louis-Gabriel Michaud, ''Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne'', t. XXXIV, Paris, 1811.
See also
*
Ambrogio del Giudice
External links
Jacques Quétifon
data.bnf.fr
1618 births
1698 deaths
French bibliographers
French librarians
French Dominicans
French male non-fiction writers
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