Xavier de Montclos


Xavier de Montclos was a 20th–21st-century French historian, a specialist of the history of religions and particularly Christianity.

Career

In 1965, he defended his thesis devoted to Lavigerie, le Saint-Siège et l'Église, de l'avènement de Pie IX à l'avènement de Léon XIII, 1846-1978. In 1966, he supported a complementary thesis on Le toast d'Alger, documents, 1890-1891.
He is emeritus professor at the Lumière University Lyon 2.
With and, he directed the publication of the Dictionnaire [du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine]. He also collaborated to the making of the Encyclopædia Universalis by writing two articles about Charles Martial Lavigerie and the.
In 1967, Xavier de Montclos was awarded the Prix Broquette-Gonin in literature for his Le Toast d’Alger .

Works