. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . tron of men of letters. FlSQCET, La France pontificale (Pans); Biographic unirerselle. ancienne el modeme (Paris, 1S12); Feller, Bwgraplu,universelle (Paris. 1847); Guerin, Dictionnaire des dictumumre3 (Paris, 1S92). t, ,f t -r. F. M. L. DuMONT. Bridaine, J.^cques, preacher, b. at ChusclanFrance, 21 March, 1701; d. at Roquemaure, 22 Decernber, 1767. Having completed his studies at thiJesuit college of A^•ignon he entered the Seminarof the Royal Mission
. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . tron of men of letters. FlSQCET, La France pontificale (Pans); Biographic unirerselle. ancienne el modeme (Paris, 1S12); Feller, Bwgraplu,universelle (Paris. 1847); Guerin, Dictionnaire des dictumumre3 (Paris, 1S92). t, ,f t -r. F. M. L. DuMONT. Bridaine, J.^cques, preacher, b. at ChusclanFrance, 21 March, 1701; d. at Roquemaure, 22 Decernber, 1767. Having completed his studies at thiJesuit college of A^•ignon he entered the Seminarof the Royal Missions of St. Charles of the CrossHis oratorical ability announced itself before hiordination to the priesthood bv the remarkabltalent he brought into play in awakening interest an<exciting emotion even iii the catechetical instructions which he was deputed to give. When only iiminor orders, he was assigned as Lenten preacher iithe Church of Aigues-Mortes. It was there he firsmade use of his peculiar methods. His extremyouth provoked the derision of the people and wheiAsh Wednesday arrived, the church was emptj BRIDAL 781 BRIDGE-BUILDING. Jacqu Undismayed, he put on his surplice and went out inthe principal streets, ringing a bell, and inviting thepeople to hear him. He succeeded in bringing animmense multitude to the church who came out ofuriosity, but when he began in a most unusualfashion by singing a canticle about death the con-gregation burstout in loud laugh-ter; whereupon heopened upon themwith such fierce-ness of denuncia-tion that silenceand amazementtook possession ofall. He was char-acteristically sen-sational. He■wTote little andgave way to theinspiration of themoment and as aconsequence h i sutterances presentat times an inco-herent jumble of in-congrous figuresand ideas, whichclash with each other and are often even gro-tesque. It was Cardinal Maury who called atten-tion to his exordium in the sermon on Eternitywhich was said to be improvised. Father Cahour,
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