Christophe, Jean Baptiste

Christophe, Jean Baptiste pastor at Notre-Dame-de-Fontaines, near Lyons, was born at Amplepuis (Rhone), June 3, 1809. He published a Histoire de la Papaute Pendant le XIV Siecle (1852, 3 volumes 8vo), a work giving an exact account, from the best sources, of the residence of the popes at Avignon. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.