Philippe d'Angoumois is a Capuchin and author of devotional literature, he is one of the founders of the Society of the Blessed Sacrament in 1627. Born in Angoumois of a Protestant family, he converted to Catholicism and between 1583 in the service of François de La Rochefoucauld (1558 - 1645), Bishop of Clermont, as a page. In 1599, he entered the Capuchin religion, which benefited from the patronage of the bishop of La Rochefoucauld in Auvergne. He participated in the founding of several Capuchin convents and even became superior of the convents of Dole, Billom and Thiers. Master of novices, he took a liking to spiritual formation and began writing his many works of devotion around 1612.
In 1613, Philippe follows his master, La Rochefoucauld, to Paris, is introduced to the Court and develops strong relations with the powerful, especially as confessor of Marie de Medici. He is one of the founders of the Society of the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, alongside Henri de Lévis, Duke of Ventadour, the Abbé de Grignan and Monsieur de Pichery. Bibliography edit code
Here is the list of several articles that have been extensively inspired by this biography.
TURIN, Second of. An apprentice novelist of devout life in the XVII century Franciscan Studies Annual Supplement XV (1966), pp 45-74.
TURIN, Second of. The influence of the monastic ideal on the spirituality of the laity in the XVII century according to Fr. Philippe d'Angoumois Journal of Religious Sciences XL (1966) 3, pp 209-239, 4, pp 353-383.
TURIN, Second of. A literary and doctrinal apology of secular devotion XVIIth century LXXIV (1967), pp 3-21.
TURIN, Second of. Action and prayer. Difficulty of a synthesis in XVII century Review of ascetic and mystic XLIII (1972), pp 393-422.
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