Montargon, Robert Francois De

(Hyacinthe de l'Assomption), a French preacher and theologian, was born at Paris May 27, 1705. He assumed the vows of the Augustines of the street Notre Dame of the Victoires at Paris (les Petits Peres), and very soon became remarkable for his oratorical talent. He was made court preacher by Louis XV, and received the title of almoner to Stanislaus I (ex- king of Poland), duke of Lorraine and of Bar. His life was consecrated to his ministry. Attacked by paralysis, he resorted in 1770 to the waters of Plombieres for relief. An inundation of the Angronne destroyed that city, and Montargon found only death where he had expected recovery — July 25,1770. He is the author of Dictionnaire apostolique a l'usage de moessieurs les cures de la ville et de la campagne qui se destinent a la chaire (Paris, 1752-58, 13 volumes, 8vo); this work has remained the vade mecum of the ecclesiastics. It has often been reprinted, and translated into different languages. The first six volumes treat of morals, the seventh and eighth of the mysteries of Jesus Christ, the ninth of the Virgin, the tenth of the saints, the eleventh of the homilies of Lent, the twelfth of different subjects, and the thirteenth is a general table of the subjects treated in the other twelve volumes. See Recueils d'Eoquence sainte; Histoire de l'institution de lafete du Saint-Sacrement (1753, 12mo); Dictionnaire portatif des predicateurs, s.v.