John Brignon [SEP] occupation
John Brignon
John Brignon,(1629 – 12 June 1712) was a translator of religious works into French. Born in St. Malo, France, he was a member of the Society of Jesus and spent the sixty-five years of his religious life chiefly in the translation of works of piety into French. Among these are the works of De Ponte and Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, the "Spiritual Combat", the "Imitation of Christ" and the short treatises of Robert Bellarmine. All these translations have passed through a number of editions
the "glorification de la Vierge" Stained glass La maîtresse-vitre du chevet.
The main stained glass window of the chevet, which is effectively the window lighting the choir, dates to between 1280 and 1290. The window was restored at the beginning of the 17th-century and was reglazed in 1870 when many of the older frames were saved by the glazier/artist Oudinot. This major restoration was commissioned by Monseigneur l'abbé Brignon. During the 1944 bombing which preceded Dol-de-Bretagne's liberation from German occupation, explosions badly