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1672–1757 · French monk and biblical scholar

Augustin Calmet

Augustin Calmet

Augustin Calmet (1672–1757) was a French Benedictine monk.

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About Augustin Calmet

Augustin Calmet (1672–1757) was a French Benedictine monk. He was born in Ménil-la-Horgne and died in Senones, where he became abbot in 1729. He wrote works on the Bible and the history of Lorraine. His study of apparitions and vampires, later translated as The Phantom World, first appeared in 1746.

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1757

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