How to Pronounce Jean Baptiste François Pitra
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Aug 01, 1812 Died on 09 Feb 1889 (aged 76)
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About Jean Baptiste François Pitra
- Jean-Baptiste-François Pitra (1 August 1812 – 9 February 1889) was a French Catholic cardinal, archaeologist and theologian. He was born in Champforgeuil.
- Joining the Benedictine Order, he entered the Abbey of Solesmes in 1842, and was collaborator of Abbe Migne in the latter's Patrologia latina and Patrologia Graeca.
- He was created cardinal in 1863, and was given the titular church of San Callisto in 1867, before being appointed librarian of the Vatican Library in 1869.
- He is especially noteworthy for his great archaeological discoveries, including the Inscription of Autun, and is the author of numerous works on archaeological, theological, and historical subjects. Pitra died in Rome.
