Charles Clémencet

Charles Clémencet (1703 – 5 August 1778) was a French Benedictine historian.^[1]

He was born in Painblanc, in present-day Côte-d'Or, and was one of the authors who helped complete the great chronological work Art de vérifier les dates (the usual short form of a long title). He also wrote part of the monumental Histoire littéraire de la France, and the history of the abbey of Port Royal.^[2] He died in Paris.

Notes

1. "Charles Clémencet". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
2.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Clemencet, Charles". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.

Further reading

• Charles Clémencet; et al., eds. (1750). L'Art de vérifier les dates (in French). Paris. via HathiTrust