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Jean Pierre de Caussade
French Jesuit priest and writer
Jean Pierre de Caussade (7 March 1675 – 8 December 1751) was a French Jesuitpriest and writer.
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He is especially known for the work ascribed to him known as Abandonment to Divine Providence, and also his work with the Nuns of the Visitation in Nancy, France.
Life
Jean Pierre de Caussade was born in Cahors, now in Lot, France.
He was spiritual director to the Nuns of the Visitation in Nancy, France, from 1733 to 1740. During this time and after he left Nancy, he wrote letters of instruction to the nuns.
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Some material ascribed to him was first published in 1861 by Henri Ramière [fr] under the title L’Abandon à la providence divine.
The standard English translation is that of Alga Thorold (1866-1936) published in 1933.
A version edited by Fr. John Joyce, S.J., with an introduction by Dom David Knowles (Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge), appeared in 1959 with the title