Grancolas, Jean

Grancolas, Jean a French theologian and member of the Sorbonne, was born at Paris in 1660. In 1685 he took his degree as doctor of divinity, was chaplain to the duke of Orleans, and died in 1732. He wrote, Traite de l'Antiquite des Ceremonies des Sacriments (Paris, 1692): — Instructions sur la Religion, Tirees de I'Ecriture Sainte (1693): — La Science des Confesseurs (1696): — L'Ancienne Discipline de l'Eglise (1697): — Heures Sacrees (eod.): — Traite des Liturgies (1698): — Histoire Abregee de l'Eglise de la Ville et de l' Universite de Paris (1728, 2 volumes). See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:603, 890; Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religienses, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B.P.)