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. He edited and revised "The Devout Life" of St. Francis de Sales and the "Fondements  of Jean-Joseph Surin, S.J. The only works by English authors he translated into French were the Decem Rationes" of Blessed Edmund Campion and the "Tractatus de Misericordia fidelibus defunctis exhibendâ" by Father James Mumford, S.J. He died in Paris. "This article incorporates text from the 1913 "Catholic Encyclopedia" article "John Brignon" by S.H. Frisbee, a publication now in the public domain."