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Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean (zhäN düvĕrzhyā` də ōrän`), 1581–1643, French theologian. He is often called the Abbé de Saint-Cyran from an abbacy he held in commendam (i.e., received the revenues from but did not actually administer). A personal friend of Cornelis Jansen Jansen, Cornelis (kôrnā`lĭs yän`sən), 1585–1638, Dutch Roman Catholic theologian. He studied at the Univ.
..... Click the link for more information. , he collaborated with him and was one of the molders of Jansenism. He was also a close friend of the Arnauld Marie Angélique de Sainte Madeleine, 1591–1661, abbess from early youth of Port-Royal , a Cistercian house near Paris. Under the influence of St. Francis de Sales she reformed her abbey.
..... Click the link for more information. family, and he was largely responsible for the conversion of Port-Royal Port-Royal (Fr. pôr-rwäyäl`), former abbey of women, c.17 mi (27 km) W of Paris, founded in 1204.
..... Click the link for more information. into the stronghold of Jansenism. He was the first of the Jansenist controversialists against the Jesuits, and because of his views he antagonized Cardinal Richelieu, who had him imprisoned in 1638. He was released on the cardinal's death in 1642.