Jacob, Louis

Jacob, Louis a French Carmelite, was born at Chalons-sur-Saone in 1608, and died in 1670. Upon joining his order, he took the name of Louis de St. Charles. He wrote, Bibliotheca Pontificia (Lyons, 1643): — Elogium Venerabilis Sororis Isaunae de Cambri, Tornacensis Monialis S. Augustini (Paris, 1644): — Bibliotheca Parisina (1645): — Bibliographia Gallica Universalis (1646): — De Claris Scriptoribus Cabilonensibus Libri Tres (1652): — Catalogus Abbatunm et Abbatissarum Benedictionis Dei, Ordinis Cisterciensis, etc. See Cosme de St. Etienne, Memoire sur le P. Louis de St. Charles; Nicedron, Memoires, 40, page 87 sq.; Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religienses, s.v. (B.P.)