Cirey, Jean De

Cirey, Jean De a French Cistercian of Dijon, flourished in the 15th century. In 1476 he became abbot of the monastery Balern, in Burgundy; attended in 1477 the synod held at Orleans, and in 1478 that held at Tours. He died December 27, 1503, leaving Capitulum Generale Cisterciense (Dijon, 1490): — Privilegia Ordinis Cistercii (ibid. 1491, 1630); and some other works. See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten Lexikon, s.v.; De Visch, Bibliotheca Scriptorum Ordinis Cisterciensis; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B.P.)