Paul Sabatier (theologian)
| Paul Sabatier | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 or 9 August 1858 Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux, France |
| Died | March 5, 1928 (aged 69) Strasbourg, France |
| Alma mater | Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris |
| Occupation | theologian, professor, writer |
| Employer | University of Strasbourg |
| Relatives | Louis Auguste Sabatier (brother) |
Charles Paul Marie Sabatier (3 or 9 August 1858 – 5 March 1928), was a French clergyman and historian who produced the first modern biography of St. Francis of Assisi. He was the brother of Louis Auguste Sabatier, also a theologian.
Sabatier was born at Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux in the Cévennes, and was educated at the faculty of theology in Paris. In 1885 he became vicar of St Nicolas, Strasbourg, but in 1889, declining an offer of preferment which was conditional on his becoming a German subject, he was expelled.
For four years he was pastor of St. Cierge in the Cévennes, but had to retire in 1893 due to health concerns. He then devoted himself entirely to historical research, spending much of his time in Italy. He had already produced an edition of the Didache, and in November 1893 published his important Life of Francis of Assisi. This book gave a great stimulus to the study of medieval literary and religious documents, especially of such as are connected with the history of the Franciscan Order. In 1908 he delivered the Jowett Lectures on Modernism at the Passmore Edwards Settlement, London.
Sabatier's 1893 book La vie de St. François d'Assise (translated as Life of St. Francis of Assisi in 1894) was placed upon the Index of Forbidden Books by the Catholic Church in 1894. He also published in 1905 A propos de la séparation des églises et de l'état, in 1909 Les modernistes, notes d'histoire religieuse contemporaine, and in 1911 L'orientation religieuse de la France actuelle.
In 1919, Sabatier became professor of Church history at the University of Strasbourg. He died in Strasbourg in 1928.
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