The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . d, afterhis years novitiate, was professed on 6 September,1654. His devotion to the strict observance, to morti-fication and to study, was so great that his superiorsentrusted him with the direction and teaching of thenovices. But the eagerness with which he endeav-oured to fulfil his ofiice was greater than his healthcould endure; he began to suffer from violent head-aches and soon became incapable even of reciting hisOffice. In 1656, his supe
The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . d, afterhis years novitiate, was professed on 6 September,1654. His devotion to the strict observance, to morti-fication and to study, was so great that his superiorsentrusted him with the direction and teaching of thenovices. But the eagerness with which he endeav-oured to fulfil his ofiice was greater than his healthcould endure; he began to suffer from violent head-aches and soon became incapable even of reciting hisOffice. In 1656, his superiors, in the hope that entirerest might restore his health, sent him to Nogent,whence, in July, 1658, he was transferred to the fa-mous Abbey of Corbie. Here, as at Nogent, he occu-pied his time in the study of antiquities, while holdingsuccessively the offices of porter, of depositarius, andof cellarer. He was ordained at Amiens in 1660. Thetranquil life restored his health and, in 1663, he wastransferred to the Abbey of St-Denis, where he becametreasurer. But his superiors had already noticedhis great gifts and, in 1664, at the request of Dom. 479 MABILLON 480 MABILLON DAeh^ry (q. v.), he was removfd to the Abbey ofSt-Clcrmain-des-rrrs, where he remained for therest of his life. When llaljillon first entered its precincts, thecommendatory abbot was John Casimir, King ofPoland, an eccentric person whose irregular life hadbut little effect on his abbey; the claustral prior wasDom Ignatius Philibert, and DAchcry was custodianof its wonderful library. The society to which theyoung monk was introduced at St-Germain was,perhaps, the most learned of its time in week, on Sundays after Vespers, there met inDAcherys room a group of savants that included menlike Du Cange, Baluze, dHerbelot, CoteUer, Renaudot,Fleury, Lamy, Pagi, Tillemont. MabiUon soon be-came a brilliant member of this group of noted work-ers. DAchury had asked for him to help him in hisprojected Lives of
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