JEAN ALLEMAND

    Jean Allemand

    ^{† Catholic_Encyclopedia ► Jean Allemand}

    A French priest and Orientalist, born 19 November, 1799; died 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).

    A.J. MAAS

    Transcribed by Donald J. Boon