Polycarpe de la Rivière

Dom Polycarpe de la Rivière, was Carthusian prior of the 17th century, historian and scholar with a fertile imagination. Much of his life is surrounded in mystery and although he wrote biographies on numeraous church identities he is considered generally to have been a fabricator. He wrote about many church figures including:

Photo of Polycarpe de la Rivière

Life

Polycarpe de la Rivière was a very mysterious person. Polycarpe de la Rivière was a psudonym and he spent considerable effort during his life to hid his age, birthplace and real name.[5] Originally a Jesuit, he transfered to the Grande Chartreuse, where he eventually became a prior.

Even in his own life his works were considered to be controversial with many of his latter works banned. He was made prior of Bonpas in 1630. In 1639 he and two servants left to make a pilgramage to the baths of Mont Dore, and were never heard of again.

Works

 "Catalogus Priorum Majoris Cartusiae Gratinano Politanae". 

References

  1. Joseph-Antoine Bastet, Notice historique et archéologique sur Orange, par J. Bastet,(Raphel aîn, 1840) p37-40.
  2. Nemus était le nom du lieu sacré (bois, fontaine) des Celto-Ligures.
  3. par J. Nadal, Histoire hagiologique, ou Vies des Saints et des Bienheureux du Diocèse de Valence", ( 1855), p. 56.
  4. "Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire ecclésiastique des six premiers siècles", par Lenain de Tillemont, Tome 6, troisième partie, p. 687,
  5. Un prieur qui écrit beaucoup.
  6. Prière de Dom Polycarpe de la Rivière.
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