Dantecourt, Jean Baptiste

Dantecourt, Jean Baptiste a French theologian, was born in Paris, June 24, 1643. He joined the regular canons of St. Genevieve at St. Augustin, September 8, 1662; was appointed chancellor of the University of Paris in 1680; and pastor of St. Etienne-du-Mont in 1694. He retired to St. Genevieve in 1710, and died at Paris, April 5, 1718, leaving Les Augustins et Les Benedictins aux Etats de Bourgogne: — Defense de l'Eglise (Paris, 1689). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.