page_title: Jacques Paul Migne
hierarchical_section_title: Jacques Paul Migne
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Jacques-Paul Migne (1800-1875), French theologian and publisher. Engraving by E. Tailland.Français&#160;: Portrait de Jacques-Paul Migne (1800-1875), théologien et imprimeur français. Gravure de E. Tailland.
context_page_description: Jacques Paul Migne was a French priest who published inexpensive and widely distributed editions of theological works, encyclopedias, and the texts of the Church Fathers, with the goal of providing a universal library for the Catholic priesthood.
  The Patrologia Latina and the Patrologia Graeca are among the great 19th century contributions to the scholarship of patristics and the Middle Ages. Within the Roman Catholic Church, Migne's editions put many original texts for the first time into the hands of the priesthood.
context_section_description: Jacques Paul Migne (French: [miɲ]; 25 October 1800 – 24 October 1875) was a French priest who published inexpensive and widely distributed editions of theological works, encyclopedias, and the texts of the Church Fathers, with the goal of providing a universal library for the Catholic priesthood.
  The Patrologia Latina and the Patrologia Graeca (along with the Monumenta Germaniae Historica) are among the great 19th century contributions to the scholarship of patristics and the Middle Ages. Within the Roman Catholic Church, Migne's editions put many original texts for the first time into the hands of the priesthood.
caption: Jacques-Paul Migne, engraving by E. Tailland
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