Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Jean Allemand

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From volume 1 of the work.

93389Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) — Jean AllemandAnthony John Maas


Allemand, Jean, a French priest and Orientalist, b. 19 November, 1799; d. 9 August, 1833. After his ordination he was made professor of Sacred Scripture in the Roman Seminary, Consultor of the Congregation of the Index, Censor of the Academy of the Catholic Religion, and editor of the "Annales des sciences religieuses". He wrote on Purgatory against Dudley, and a warning against the hieroglyphic discoveries of Champollion (Rome, 1834).