Auguste Carayon
Auguste Carayon was a French Jesuit author and bibliographer.
Biography
Carayon was born in Saumur, France in 1813; he joined the Society of Jesus in 1848, and was at various times librarian and procurator. Between 1864 and 1874 he edited many historical works, and is considered a leading authority upon the history of his order, especially in New France, the area colonized by France in North America.Carayon worked with Augustin [de Backer| Augustin and Alois de Backer] and Carlos Sommervogel.
Carayon died at Poitiers in 1874.
Works
His principal works were:- Bibliographie historique de la Compagnie de Jésus
- Documents inédits concernant la Compagnie de Jésus
- Première mission des Jésuites au Canada
- Bannissement des Jésuites de la Louisiane
- Établissement de la Compagnie de Jésus à Brest par Louis XIV
- Les prisons du Marquis de Pombal
- Notes historiques sur les Parlements et les Jésuites au XVIIIe siècle